dhcpd on Solaris 10
Jason Penton
jason.penton at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 06:54:33 UTC 2009
Hey Glenn,
Thanks very much. I'll give it a bash tomorrow (public holiday here in
South Africa) :)
would love the smf scripts.
Thanks alot
Cheers
Jason
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Jeff Wieland <wieland at purdue.edu> wrote:
> I would very, very much like to see the SMF scripts. They've been on
> my todo list for a while, but they never bubble to the top :-).
> Perhaps they should be distributed with dhcp????
>
> Glenn Satchell wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jason
>>
>> Ok, been testing with dhcp version 4.1.x
>>
>> 4.1.0 does not work for me. I see the dhcpdiscover packets come in,
>> dhcpd logs that it sent an offer, but nothing further. Using snoop to
>> capture traffic on udp ports 67 and 68 shows the discovers, but the
>> offer is not transmitted.
>>
>> 4.1.1b1 does work for me. I think it is this bug that was fixed:
>>
>> - A bug in DLPI packet transmission (Solaris, HP/UX) that caused the
>> server
>> to stop receiving packets is fixed. The same fix also means that the MAC
>> address will no longer appear 'bogus' on DLPI-based systems.
>>
>> siaddr is zero in all cases. Using the exact same dhcpd.conf in all cases.
>>
>> So make sure of the version you are using (dhcpd --version).
>>
>> Also I have smf scipts if you'd like to manage dhcpd that way and I'll
>> send them to you, or the list if there's more than two enquiries.
>>
>> # svcs dhcpd
>> STATE STIME FMRI
>> online 11:57:24 svc:/site/dhcp/server:dhcpd
>>
>> regards,
>> -glenn
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:09:09 +1000 (EST)
>>> From: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>>> Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>>> To: dhcp-users at lists.isc.org
>>>
>>> Hi Jason
>>>
>>> I can confirm that dhcp-3.1.2 works for me with Solaris 10 sparc.
>>> siaddr is zero, client recieves the address ok.
>>>
>>> Can you try setting siaddr using next-server command to see if this
>>> makes any difference?
>>>
>>> next-server a.b.c.d;
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> -glenn
>>>
>>>> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:33:38 +1000 (EST)
>>>> From: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>>>> Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, interesting. I have Solaris 10 update 6 on sparc 64 bit (Ultra 10,
>>>> cough), and my clients all seem to work fine when the siaddr is zero.
>>>> I'm only running 3.1.1 atm, but will upgrade to 3.1.2 to see what I
>>>> get. I only have 32 bit x86, but I can also try one of those as the
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> -glenn
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:30:40 +0200
>>>>> Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>>>>> From: Jason Penton <jason.penton at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
>>>>> X-BeenThere: dhcp-users at lists.isc.org
>>>>> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by mail.uniq.com.au
>>>>> id
>>>>
>>>> n3Q7VYcl021419
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Glen, *
>>>>>
>>>>> Solaris x86 64-bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Solaris and linux boxes running same version of dhcpd (tested 3.1.2
>>>>> and 4), same config, and same network segment! Also, made sure that
>>>>> exactly the same requests were coming in from the clients. I have
>>>>> eliminated all the 'variables' and at this stage im only left with the
>>>>> OS. Seems Solaris 10 update 6 is doing something strange.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> JAson
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Glenn Satchell
>>>>> <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you using Solaris 10 on Sparc or x86? 64 or 32 bit?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>> -glenn
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:33:51 +1000 (EST)
>>>>>>> From: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can fill in the siaddr using:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> next-server a.b.c.d;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> in an appropriate scope.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What version(s) of dhcpd is running on your linux box? What version
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> you testing with on the Solaris box?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are there any other options set or not set in the packets you sniff?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is the Linux box on the same segment as the Solaris dhcp server?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> siaddr is not required to be set to get an IP address. I have Windows
>>>>>>> XP, 98, Linux and Solaris clients all working with a 0.0.0.0 siaddr.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>> -glenn
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS Note to everyone, please reply only to the list, I do not need to
>>>>>>> see the message twice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:54:08 +0200
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: dhcpd on Solaris 10
>>>>>>>> From: Jason Penton <jason.penton at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
>>>>>>>> Cc: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Alan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So why is it that when a client receives an OFFER with a zeroed
>>>>>>>> siaddr, it never sends out the DHCP REQUEST (as if it was unhappy
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> the OFFER). I tested with Windows, linux and solaris clients???????
>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>> a linux box, the EXACT same code with the EXACT same config (i.e. no
>>>>>>>> next-server setting) the siaddr is set to the ip address of the DHCP
>>>>>>>> server????
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 6:39 PM, <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'd imagine that on other OS's (linux) the siaddr is set
>>>>>>>>>> automatically. Seems that on Solaris 10 update 6, it does not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> to quote the post 3.0.2 changelog
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The siaddr field was being improperly set to the server-identifier
>>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> responding to DHCP messages. RFC2131 clarified the siaddr field as
>>>>>>> meaning
>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'next server in the bootstrap process', eg a tftp server. The siaddr
>>>>>>> field
>>>
>>> is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> now left zeroed unless next-server is configured.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> alan
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