How to not allocate any address to a specific host?
David Landgren
david at landgren.net
Mon Mar 13 13:35:42 UTC 2006
Glenn Satchell wrote:
> The simple way is to use:
>
> host obsolete1 {
> hardware 00:0a:e4:36:7b:4b;
> deny booting;
> }
Excellent!
> this is from the dhcpd.conf man page:
>
> The booting keyword
>
> allow booting;
> deny booting;
> ignore booting;
>
> The booting flag is used to tell dhcpd whether or not to
> respond to queries from a particular client. This keyword
> only has meaning when it appears in a host declaration. By
> default, booting is allowed, but if it is disabled for a
> particular client, then that client will not be able to get
> an address from the DHCP server.
Thank-you Glenn. With hindsight it is of course quite clear, but I
completely misparsed that paragraph. I interpreted that as booting =>
bootp => diskless workstation booting, and dismissed it.
I am now happily ignoring my obsolete hosts.
Thanks,
David
--
"It's overkill of course, but you can never have too much overkill."
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