add/change/delete dhcpd.conf entries

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche at ua.ac.be>wrote:

> In a DHCP server managing fixed IP addresses, one needs to make changes
> often: new people need their Mac address given a IP addres, people leaving
> need to be deleted, people changing an old for a new computer need a Mac
> address change for the same IP, etc...
>
> All this information is recorded in the /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf file.
> I know, there is the omapi command shell (/usr/local/bin/omshell) but as
> far as I can see, you can only use it interactively. Or am I wrong?
>
> I would love to have a simple command line tool that allows you to make
> changes to your dhcpd.conf file without needing to use an
> editor or omapi.
>
> e.g. for a new entry, something like:
> # dhcpdmgr -A 175.134.34.128 -c "John.Adams PC" -i "00:34:1A:23:4A:0F"
> 175.134.34
> which would add IP 175.134.34.128 in subnet 175.134.3 for mac address
> 00:34:1A:23:4A:0F with a comment "John.Adams PC"
>
> and with other options for delete (-D), make changes to comment, IP or Mac,
> etc...
>
> Does anyone have such a command line tool?


Webmin will easily allow you to do that!


Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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