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1. Re: omshell reservation (glenn.satch...@uniq.com.au)
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:12:27 +1000
From: glenn.satch...@uniq.com.au
To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users@lists.isc.org>
Subject: Re: omshell reservation
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Great sleuthing there Greg. omshell typically writes something into the
leases file, so have a look for the *last* record for the given IP
address and see what is in it, especially compared to earlier ones.
regards,
-glenn
On 2020-07-18 08:02, Gregory Sloop wrote:
> I'm trying to accomplish a "reservation" using omshell.
>
> But just like Unicorns, Santa, and the Easter Bunny, I'm not sure it
> really exists!
> Ok, ok. Yeah, it probably does - but I can't find an example anywhere
> that's confirmed to work.
>
> This quote from long ago summarizes my feelings so far. [probably
> nearly everyone's, actually]
>
>> involves a rather fragile and often misbehaving omshell
>> process where the only "documentation" is half a mailing list thread
>> from ten years ago
>
> So, from what I've gleaned, this is what I'm doing.
> After you get into omshell
> ---
> port xxx
> server localhost
> key...
> set ip-sddress=1.2.3.4
> open
> ---
>
> I get a listing of the lease for 1.2.3.4
> Then it looks like I should use
> set flag = 8
> update
> [And surprisingly the update takes. It feels like magic when you
> finally hit on the right incantation!]
>
> So, my questions
> 1) Is setting flags = 8 the right thing to set for a reserved lease?
> (I'm guessing from that even less than half a thread from 10y ago.)
>
> 2) How can I tell if it actually took?
>
> 3) And perhaps realated to #2 - what's this mean in the lease: set
> remote-handle = %3; (I see that after setting flag = 8
>
> TIA
> -Greg
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