NAME
dhcpv6client_ui — DHCPv6 client interface for requesting configuration parameters from the DHCPv6 server.
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui
-m
interface_name
[-n
no_of_ip_addresses]
[-o
config_options]
/usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui
-o
config_options
/usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui
-m
interface_name
[-R]
/usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui
-r
interface_name
/usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui
-v
DESCRIPTION
dhcpv6client_ui
is the interface through which a user contacts
the client daemon to obtain IP addresses and other configuration parameters
from the server. The default configuration parameters are
specified as command line options when the DHCPv6 client daemon is
invoked.
When
dhcpv6client_ui
requests for IP addresses or other configuration parameters, the client daemon obtains them from the server and stores
in the
/etc/dhcpv6client.data
file.
dhcpv6client_ui
is executed on the same machine on which the client daemon is configured.
Ensure that the client daemon is up and running before
dhcpv6client_ui
is executed.
Options
dhcpv6client_ui
supports the following options:
- -m interface_name
Request the client daemon to obtain IP addresses
for the named interface,
interface_name,
from
the DHCPv6 server daemon.
- -n no_of_ip_addresses
Specify the number of IP addresses for an interface.
This
option is always used with the
-m
option.
This option cannot be used with the
-R
option.
- -o config_options
Specify the other configuration parameters that
the client daemon must request from the server daemon. The
configuration parameters that the client can request are listed below:
- dns_sa
Obtain the DNS server address
- dns_sx
Obtain the DNS suffix
- ntp_sa
Obtain the NTP server address
- nis_dn
Obtain the NIS domain name
- nis_sa
Obtain the NIS server address
- nispcl_dn
Obtain the NIS+ client domain address
- nisp_sa
Obtain the NIS+ server address
- slp_da
Obtain the SLP Directory Agent (DA) address and it's scope
- slp_ss
Obtain the SLP service scope
- tz
Obtain the timezone information
- all
Obtain all the above listed parameters
- default
Obtain all the parameters that the dhcpv6 client daemon supports
- -r interface_name
Release the IPv6 addresses assigned to the
named interface,
interface_name.
- -v
Print the version information of the client daemon.
- -R
Notify the client daemon to utilize the IP addresses
already obtained for an interface
instead of requesting new IP addresses from the server.
This
option must be used in conjunction with the
-m
option.
This option cannot be used with the
-n
option.
RETURN VALUES
dhcpv6client_ui
returns
0
on success and
1
on failure.
EXAMPLES
dhcpv6client_ui
obtains two IP addresses for the
lan0
interface:
dhcpv6client_ui -m lan0 -n 2
dhcpv6client_ui
obtains two IP addresses for the
lan0
interface and additional
configuration parameters:
dhcpv6client_ui -m lan0 -n 2 -o dns_sa dns_sx
FILES
- /etc/dhcpv6client.data
All the data obtained from the server daemon is
saved to this file.
AUTHOR
dhcpv6client_ui
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
