From: Ted Lemon Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 06:53:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add a README entry about locally-defined options. X-Git-Tag: V3-BETA-2-PATCH-23~9 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38793a263376446a7b0c8e3851bfef6720507896;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcp.git Add a README entry about locally-defined options. --- diff --git a/README b/README index 38ba96ccd..cf6ca6f6d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ the ISC DHCP Distribution. 3.1 UNPACKING IT 3.2 CONFIGURING IT 3.2.1 DYNAMIC DNS UPDATES + 3.2.2 LOCALLY DEFINED OPTIONS 3.3 BUILDING IT 4 INSTALLING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION 5 USING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION @@ -169,6 +170,16 @@ There is documentation for the DDNS support in the dhcpd.conf manual page - see the beginning of this document for information on finding manual pages. + LOCALLY DEFINED OPTIONS + +In previous versions of the DHCP server there was a mechanism whereby +options that were not known by the server could be configured using +a name made up of the option code number and an identifier: +"option-nnn" This is no longer supported, because it is not future- +proof. Instead, if you want to use an option that the server doesn't +know about, you must explicitly define it using the method described +in the dhcp-options man page under the DEFINING NEW OPTIONS heading. + BUILDING IT Once you've run configure, just type ``make'', and after a while