[Dnsmasq-discuss] ISC DHCP Option 95 (ldap-server)

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sun May 27 11:57:53 BST 2007


Philip Mötteli wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Could anybody give me a hint, how I should write this DHCP option,  
> that is defined as follows in an ordinary ISC 'dhcpd.conf':
> 
> 	option ldap-server code 95 = string;
> 	option ldap-server "ldaps://host.example.com/dc=example,dc=com";
> 
> 
> How should I rewrite this for dnsmasq?
> I tried:
> 
> 	dhcp-option=95,"ldaps://host.example.com/dc=example,dc=com"
> 
> But this doesn't seem to work. My clients though do seem to  
> understand the host part (host.example.com), but not the base DN part  
> (dc=example,dc=com).
> 

Your translation looks good to me: I can't see why it shouldn't work.

After checking for typos, etc. the next debugging stage would be to 
capture DHCP packets from both servers using Wireshark, and compare them 
byte-by-byte.

I'm happy to assist if you get to that point.


Cheers,

Simon.




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