On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2014-09-29, Duncan Patton a Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 05:28:27 -0600 >> Duncan Patton a Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> /etc/dhclient.conf used to contain a >>> >>> script "tosomfile" ; >>> >>> option that could, amongst other things, be used to >>> set a dynamic assigned dns address to a named server. >>> >>> This functionality has been removed and I am trying to >>> figure out if there was some other mechanism to accomplish >>> this but I can't find any refs to it in the changes >>> between 5.1 and 5.5. >>> >>> Any info would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dhu >>> >>> -- >>> Ne obliviscaris, vix ea nostra voco. >>> >>> >>> >> >> I found it in the 5.3 changes.. >> >> "Removed dhclient-script(8) and dhclient.conf(5) "script" directive. Do all >> interface and route configuration via ioctl's and routing sockets. " >> >> Unfortunately this mechanism was used for more than just routing. And >> without a dhclient-script to >> hack I don't see how a dynamic address can be updated vi the named/key >> mechanism. > > I use entr (in ports) to monitor a file written by dhclient -L which > I use as a trigger, I then parse that same file to pick up the relevant > information from the new lease and handle it appropriately. > > There were some changes to dhclient needed for this to work nicely (for > example, to avoid inode number changes), IIRC these went in post-5.5. >
I also parse and do custom action with the lease file, so i forgot all concern about the absence of script hook. I also regurlarly monitor the lease, so i did not use http://entrproject.org/ , looks good stuff (I believe may be wrong ) is there a working INotify for bsd in perl ? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\
