Re: using ldap as backend for dns and dhcp
Am Sunday, den 23 December hub Finn-Arne Johansen folgendes in die Tasten:
> It has been a goal to use ldap for as much as possible in debian-edu,
> And when we created lwat, we started to prepare to build dhcpd.conf and
> some config files for bind using ldap.
> The goal was to have a cronjob checking for changes, and if anything
> new, build new config-files for dhcp and bind, then restart them.
> The other day itais and sep (and maybe others) was discussing (on irc)
> if it was possible to setup dnsmasq to lookup dns/dhcp information from
> the ldapserver directly. If I understood "itais", he already had this
> working, but I cant find any pointer on how to do it. Not sure if I
> understood him correctly, but if there are any pointers to related
> documentation, then I would be glad to see it.
Why do you want to complicate things?
IMO it is much easier (and therefore not that error-prone) to manage
DNS, DHCP etc. by hand. It's more flexible, too.
Just my 0,02 EUR
Ciao
Max
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