LDAP Patch

[Glenn Satchell]

>From: Bruce Hudson <Bruce.Hudson at Dal.Ca>
>Subject: Re: LDAP Patch
>Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:08:39 -0300 (ADT)
>
> 
>> We are looking at a number of ATA adapters that take their configuration via
>> a convoluted Option 43 string and I am looking for some way to automate
>> provisioning. Is there a method to make OMAPI changes persistent or would I
>> have to make the required changes using OMAPI and update some configuration
>> file and restart the process if I wanted those changes to be persistent? I
>> know this is being done with static leases and am curious what option is
>> going to be the most workable/bug-free.
>
>   OMAPI changes are persistent. They are stored in the lease database
>rather than the config file so they do survive a server restart.

You can also make an online change using OMAPI, and write the
equivalent settings in dhcpd.conf to be read on the next restart.

It can be a bit confusing searching through dhcpd.conf and dhcpd.leases
to find the host configs if there are more than a few in each file.

regards,
-glenn