Hello George, Thursday, March 06, 2003, 12:39:03 AM, you wrote:
GG> Looking at the white paper found at GG> http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/parallel_dhcp.txt I understand (or at least I GG> think I do) most everything except part 3.2.3. GG> 3.2.3 Modify the initrd (initial root FS for the client) GG> Edit the dhclient call in <ltsp_initrd_kit>/root/linuxrc. GG> /bin/dhclient -p 1002 eth0 >/tmp/dhclient.out 2>&1 GG> Specifically, my confusion has to do with the "2>&1" part. Generally, what GG> is this line doing? Specifically, what is the "2>&1" doing? That's nothing to do with dhclient function, more by the surrounding scripts and so. It means: All output that dhclient gives to the "error" output channel (2) is to be piped through the standard output channel (1). That can be important if only one of that channels is displayed / monitored / logged. In this case (as I see it), both channels would go into /tmp/dhclient.out, which then can be read out to determine the IP-Adress assigned to the client. Best regards, Anselm mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
