> > A more interesting question would be the fate of Sun DHCP as a whole. > > It has a number of shortcomings, most notably the lack of a more modern > > data backend, e.g. LDAP or a local SQL database. > > The API for data backends is published and available for anyone to write > to [1].
I knew that... > At one time we had a prototype Oracle backend, but that never > reached completion. I see little likelihood that Sun would spend > resources to add backends at this time. And I guessed that. :-) > Its overall fate is a topic for discussion in the networking community. > But the installadm tools will need to support the Sun server in order > to be used on Solaris 10 or any earlier releases we choose to support, > and ISC will be required to support Linux servers, so we'll be somewhat > agnostic on this point, anyway. By "Linux servers" you mean "Linux-based jumpstart servers", right? Maybe it's time to provide a SUNWiscdhcp and switch to that on Solaris... Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Email: vab at bb-c.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgr??e: 45 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Rainer J. H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt
