dhcp status apps

[Edward Mann]

> J E wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 4, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Alex Moen wrote:
>>
>>> > > Subject: Re: dhcp status apps
>>> > > From: chris_cox at stercomm.com
>>
>>>
>>> > > I'm curious.  What is it missing?  You say it's "not complete"
>>
>>
>> Actually, the author pretty much says it:   "That doesn't mean that
>> DHCPStatus will display any of the new features, it just means that at
>> least it won't crash on you with a syntax error."  I'm just taking his
>> word for it at this point.  :)
>>
>>
>>> One thing that DHCPStatus is missing (very important, imho) is the
>>> ability to process "include" statements.  We are running more than 250
>>> subnets, and are using include statements in our dhcpd.conf that allow
>>> us to split up the conf into manageable files.  DHCPStatus does not
>>> include the included configs, so it is kind of useless in this sense.
>>> I am looking at the code to see if it is easy to modify, but I am not
>>> a perlmonger by any means so I don't hold much hope!  :)
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>
>>
>> Good to know - we make HEAVY use of includes. 47 of them currently with
>> more to come as I break out the config completely.  This was the sort of
>> thing I was hoping to suss out before installing it. We also make use of
>> pools and bootp, something the author mentions as not supported. Don't
>> remember if they are v3 specific (haven't used v2 in a long time), but
>> we also use classes/subclasses and probably a few options that it won't
>> like.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> jef
>
> One thing that I do notice is that this script uses a "comment" line in
> the subnet definition to describe the subnet that it finds.  However, I
> have
> tried adding a comment line to a working subnet and the server reports
> that as an error.  Is the comment line something that went away after
> version 3
> came out?  Or am I just doing it improperly?
>
> I added:
>
> comment Subnet-comment;
>
> between the subnet line and the pool line.
>
> Alex
>
>
Alex,

Your comment should be:

# Subnet-comment line here

That should fix the error.