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dhcptags

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NAME

dhcptags - DHCP and BOOTP server database  

DESCRIPTION

Parameters (or options) returned to the client by the DHCP/BOOTP protocol are encoded in the so-called vendor field of the BOOTP packet. Each option is identified numerically, and also carries a length specifier. The dhcptags file identifies the type of each option, labels each with a short mnemonic text string for use in the dhcpcap database, and provides a description of each for use in the xjoin program.

Options defined by DHCP are of three general types: The semantics of which all client and server DHCP implementations agree upon. These are administered by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). These options are numbered from 1 to 127 and 255. Within a specific site all client and server implementations agree as to the semantics, but at another site the type and meaning of an option may be quite different. These options are numbered from 128 to 254. Each vendor may define 256 options unique to that vendor. The vendor is identified within a DHCP packet by the "Vendor Class" option (#60). An option with a specific numeric identifier belonging to one vendor will, in general, have a type and semantics different from those of another vendor. Vendor options are "super-encapsulated" into the vendor field (#43): within a specific DHCP packet there may be several instances of option #43.

As well as these, the DHCP implementation defines certain "pseudo" options, numbered from 512 upward. These are used by the server to identify items in its database which either correspond to fixed fields in the BOOTP packet (such as the "siaddr" field) or which though not options themselves are used in constructing valid options. For example, the "home directory" used in constructing the exact path to a boot image.

In general, the joind server knows little about the semantics of any of the first three types of options. Its only duty is to deliver those values to clients that need them. The responsibility for understanding and using the data rests with the client. Pseudo-tags, on the contrary, have a meaning specific to joind, and consequently are not added to this list. The only useful edit that can be performed on the pseudo-tags is to change the description or the mnemonic.  

FORMAT

Blank lines and those whose first nonwhitespace character is '#' are ignored. Data entries are written one per line and have seven fields. An individual entry cannot be continued onto another line.

The fields are (in order): The tag number Identifier as used in bootptab file Grouping in GUI Vendor class Data type. Choose from the following (case insensitive) list: A 1-byte value A 2-byte value A 4-byte value A printable character string An IP address A list of IP addresses A list of 2-byte values A array of 1-byte values Either true or false Column grouping in GUI Long name  

Tag List

The currently recognized /etc/join/dhcptags tags are: Maximum reassembly size Arp timeout Broadcast address of network Boot file Be a router Boot file size (512 octet blocks) Netbios name servers Netbios datagram distribution servers Netbios node type Netbios scope Path to join client binary Cookie servers Class type Dump file DNS domain name Domain name servers Encapsulate flavor Path of the extensions file Forward nonlocal datagrams Gateways (IP rosters) Hardware address Home directory Send host name Host name Hardware type Client id Impress servers Host or network IP address IP TTL Keep alive interval Keep alive octet Log servers LPR servers Lease time Perform mask discovery Publicly mountable file systems Supply masks IEN-116 name servers NTP (network time protocol) servers Policy filters PMTU plateaus Printcap setup SVR4 printer setup PMTU timeout Reply address override Do route discovery Resource location protocol servers Root path Solicit routes TFTP server address (used by clients) Boot server address Subnets are local Subnet mask (host) Static routes Name service switch Swap server address DHCP T1 DHCP T2 Template host (points to similar host entry) TFTP root directory (used by secure TFTP server) Time offset (seconds) Trailers Time servers TCP TTL MTU Vendor magic cookie selector Netware domain name Netware options X display managers X font servers NIS domain NIS map servers NIS+ domain NIS+ map servers

There is also a generic tag, Tn, where n is an RFC 1533 vendor field tag number. Thus it is possible to immediately take advantage of future extensions to RFC 1533 without being required to modify the DHCP server (joind). Generic data may be represented as either a stream of hexadecimal numbers or as a quoted string of ASCII characters. The length of the generic data is automatically determined and inserted into the proper field(s) of the RFC 1533-style BOOTP and DHCP reply.  

FILES

DHCP server database  

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands: dhcpparm(8), joind(8).

Files: bootptab(4),

DARPA Internet Request For Comments RFC 1533, RFC 1541, Assigned Numbers delim off


 

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