Hi Sarah, Sundar, and Jack, Thank you for the review and feedback.
I have added the new output to the script and have updated the webrev. Thanks, Sue Jack Schwartz wrote: > HI everyone. > > On 04/01/09 05:54, Sarah Jelinek wrote: >> Sundar Yamunachari wrote: >>> Sarah Jelinek wrote: >>>> Hi Sue, >>>> >>>> In the case of needing to add a static ip for the client on the dhcp >>>> server, we need to run pntadm, correct? Assuming the user has not >>>> setup a set of addresses for clients in their dhcp server. >>>> >>>> Do we need to address this case in this bug? I ran in to this issue >>>> yesterday, specifically I ran the dhtadm commands but my client >>>> couldn't boot because the I didn't have the clients ip address >>>> setup. I didn't know this, and when I ran the dhtadm commands it >>>> didn't fail, so I was kind of clueless. Sundar helped me understand >>>> the issue. >>>> >>>> I am not sure it is feasible to provide this type of information, >>>> unless we check somehow. Is there a way to check? The dhtadm >>>> command will return 0 even in the case I describe above. >>> Sarah, >>> >>> pntadm uses to add, delete or modify IP address records in the >>> DHCP table. Since DHCP server is remote, we can not check what IP >>> addresses are available in the DHCP server or which address should be >>> assigned to the client. However, we could tell the user that IP >>> address assignment for the client or set of clients should be done. >>> >> That seems like a reasonable compromise. That is letting the user know >> that the IP address assignment for the client should be done. > I think this is a great idea! This nicely handles what I was talking > about in yesterday's meeting. > > I suggest putting some kind of quick reference in the message, for example: > > "Note: be sure to assign client IP address if needed (e.g. run pntadm(1M))" > > Thanks, > Jack >> >> >> Thanks for the explanation. >> >> sarah >>> - Sundar >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> sarah >>>> *** >>>>> Please review the changes for: >>>>> >>>>> 7747 Installadm should print actual commands needed for the DHCP setup >>>>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=7747 >>>>> >>>>> which are posted at: >>>>> >>>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sohn/7747 >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Sue >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
