Hi, I've heard nothing from ISC in regards to this bug, could someone please advise me of it's status.
Kind Regards, Stewart > Subject: [ISC-Bugs #19962] AutoReply: dhcpd 3.1.1 fails to assign IP > addresses when DNS names are used in the 'failover peer' stanza. > From: dhcp-b...@isc.org > To: sp...@live.com > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:20:18 +0000 > > > Greetings, > > This message has been automatically generated in response to the > creation of a trouble ticket regarding: > "dhcpd 3.1.1 fails to assign IP addresses when DNS names are used in > the 'failover peer' stanza.", > a summary of which appears below. > > There is no need to reply to this message right now. Your ticket has been > assigned an ID of [ISC-Bugs #19962]. > > Please include the string: > > [ISC-Bugs #19962] > > in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. To do so, > you may reply to this message. > > Thank you, > dhcp-b...@isc.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi There, > > In discussion with the Debian package maintainer for dhcpd, it's been > recommended I submit a bug report upstream to ISC about dhcpd 3.1.1. > > There is a detailed description of the problem available at > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537557, however the crux of > it is that dhcpd fails to work properly when DNS names are used in the > 'address' and 'peer address' options within the 'failover peer' stanza. This > is despite the fact that the dhcpd.conf(5) man page says in several > references that using both IP addresses and DNS names are accepted. > > When I use IP addresses within 'failover peer', failover works and IP address > assignment works. > > However when I use DNS names, failover does not work and both the failover > peers believe they are the one true (authoritative) DHCP server. They > individually DHCPOFFER different IP addresses to a DHCP client on the LAN > segment. > > In addition to this, IP address assignment from both servers only partially > works. > > In the case of Debian's dhcp3-server 3.1.1-lenny2 (which is built from ISC > dhcpd 3.1.1 source tree), IP addresses are assigned out, but dhcpd does not > provide the DHCP client with 'option domain-name-servers' information. > > In the case of Debian's dhcp3-server-ldap 3.1.1-lenny2 (which I'm told is > built from ISC dhcpd 3.1.1 + a 3rd party patch), IP address assignment stops > altogether. > > The fact that it doesn't properly work in either instance, may or may not > indicate that the 3rd party patch for LDAP is not the source of the problem. > > Would you be so kind as to review the bug report history at > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537557 and let me know what > ISC's assessment of this bug is? > > If there is any further information I that you require, please do not > hesitate to contact me. > > Kind Regards, > > Stewart > > _________________________________________________________________ > What goes online, stays online Check the daily blob for the latest on what's > happening around the web > http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx _________________________________________________________________ A world FIRST in property search has arrived! Check out Domain Radar NOW! http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157631292/direct/01/
