"LDAP patch" and bootp

[John Morris]

On 10/17/2013 02:25 AM, John Morris wrote:
[...]
> allow bootp;
> allow booting;
> 
> subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>   range dynamic-bootp 10.0.0.10 10.0.0.254;
>   next-server                     10.0.0.20;
>   filename                        "pxelinux.0";
> 
>   host foo {
>     hardware ethernet ee:ee:ee:ff:ff:ff;
>     fixed-address 10.0.0.42;
>   }
> }
> 
> Addressing your question, perhaps I'm mistaken that this is a bootp
> configuration, despite the parameter names?
> 
> At any rate, the question is about translating the above file into an
> LDAP-based configuration.  IIRC from my earlier investigation, six of
> the above lines cannot be expressed by the LDAP patch (including the
> 'range' line).  I'll be happy to be proven wrong!
[...]

Ah hah, proving myself wrong, I hope.  Those lines without explicit
representation in the schema can be expressed in 'dhcpStatements'
attributes.  If the 'dynamic-bootp' flag can be stuffed into a
'dhcpRange' attribute, then that should cover the whole configuration.

	John