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| author | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-10-05 13:21:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-10-05 13:21:09 +0000 |
| commit | b6c6afc9cd6d52f6f04307a1b87761f5250c7f7a (patch) | |
| tree | 82815ddd5ec5e0e8cf3fbf198c0ec6447818a8be | |
| parent | 01fd966a2d9cafbe005cb89b06aa0e7b5fd87764 (diff) | |
Clarify discussion of option modifiers. They only affect values passed
to dhclient-script. Our default script only uses a few options so
others are unaffected by option modifiers. PR#5834 is thus rendered
moot.
Feedback & suggestions from jmc@, ok deraadt@.
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5 | 25 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5 b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5 index fe8fcab32ec..2dd97f5cba0 100644 --- a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5 +++ b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: dhclient.conf.5,v 1.14 2007/10/16 05:03:23 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: dhclient.conf.5,v 1.15 2008/10/05 13:21:08 krw Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 The Internet Software Consortium. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" see ``http://www.isc.org/isc''. To learn more about Vixie .\" Enterprises, see ``http://www.vix.com''. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 16 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 5 2008 $ .Dt DHCLIENT.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -212,12 +212,20 @@ that will allow it to differentiate between this client and other clients or kinds of clients. .El .Sh OPTION MODIFIERS -In some cases, a client may receive option data from the server which -is not really appropriate for that client, or may not receive -information that it needs, and for which a useful default value exists. -It may also receive information which is useful, but which needs to be -supplemented with local information. -To handle these needs, several option modifiers are available. +Options in the lease can be modified before being passed to the client +configuration script, +.Xr dhclient-script 5 . +.Pp +The default +.Xr dhclient-script 5 +processes only options 1 (subnet +mask), 3 (routers), 6 (domain name servers), 15 (domain-name), and 33 +(static routes). +Use of option modifiers on other options will have no effect unless +.Xr dhclient-script 5 +is modified, +.Pp +Several option modifiers are available. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Xo .Ic default No { Op Ar option declaration @@ -530,6 +538,7 @@ In many cases, it's sufficient to just create an empty file \- the defaults are usually fine. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr dhclient.leases 5 , +.Xr dhclient-script 5 , .Xr dhcp-options 5 , .Xr dhcpd.conf 5 , .Xr dhclient 8 , |