DHCP

DHCP

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DHCP
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network service that enables clients to obtain network settings (IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS Server, Hostname and Domain) automatically from a central server

The DHCP client sends a broadcast request to find the DHCP server and the DHCP server in the subnet responds with an IP address (and other common network parameters) from a pool of IP addresses
The IP address can be bound to the MAC address of the client Daemon: dhcpd

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DHCP Server Configuration

Configuration File: /etc/dhcpd.conf
subnet 172.28.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
authoritative; option routers 172.28.1.254; option subnet-mask 255.255.0.0; option domain-name "iitk.ac.in"; option domain-name-servers 172.31.1.1; range 172.28.4.2 172.28.7.254; default-lease-time 7200; max-lease-time 10800; host tc1 { hardware ethernet 00:80:64:1A:E9:14; fixed-address 172.28.120.32; }

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DHCP Client Configuration

Configure the Network Configuration to pickup network settings from DHCP server /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp (static)

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NIS SERVER SETUP

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Network Information Service

Directory Service for Authentication and Accounting Centralized

The NIS server and all NIS clients are members of a NIS domain Single Master Server and Multiple Slave Servers Uses ypserv, yppasswdd and ypbind daemon (also uses portmap and rpc service)

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NIS Server Configuration

Edit File /etc/sysconfig/network and add
NISDOMAIN=<mynisdomain>

Build NIS maps by running

/usr/lib/yp/ypinit m (ypserv should be running)

service ypserv start/stop/restart

service yppasswdd start/stop/restart

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NIS Client Configuration

Specify NIS Server and NIS Domain
/etc/yp.conf
domain <mynisdomain> server <nis server IP>

/etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: shadow: group: files nis files nis files nis

/etc/sysconfig/network
NISDOMAIN=<mynisdomain>

service ypbind start/stop/restart

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NIS Troubleshooting
Use ypwhich to find and verify which server a client is bound to, if any Use ypcat to verify that correct NIS data is available.
ypcat passwd | more

Lease file: /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases