confused about setting parameters/variables in dhcpd.conf and "set" keyword

[Glenn Satchell]

The values get stored in the leases file in the lease for that client.

You'll need to stop dhcpd, edit dhcpd.leases to remove the line in every
occurrence of the lease, then restart dhcpd.

regards,
-glenn

On Thu, March 28, 2013 1:44 pm, btb at bitrate.net wrote:
> i've seen the "set" keyword used in various discussions on the ml and in a
> handful of config examples i've found here and there.  this does appear to
> work - however, i can't seem to find a formal reference to this in any of
> man 5 dhcpd.conf, man 5 dhcp-eval, or man 5 dhcp-options.  am i missing it
> somewhere?
>
> i did find, in man 5 dhcpd.conf, the section "SETTING PARAMETER VALUES
> USING EXPRESSIONS" - but that seems to strictly apply to setting values of
> specific predefined "dhcp server parameters"?  testing just "my-parameter
> = expression ;" appears to indeed result in no value being set for
> my-parameter, where my-parameter is some arbitrary "custom" string.
>
> finally, i've noticed that if i set some custom parameter with "set foo =
> "bar";, this assignment appears to persist, even if i remove the line from
> the config and restart the dhcpd service - for example, if i log() the
> variable, i still see its value, even if the set line is removed from the
> config.  where is this assignment stored?  how can i remove/unset a
> variable that is no longer desired?
>
> thanks
> -ben
>
>
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