Exercise 48: Arizona Aluminum Manufacturing

Configuring the dhcpd daemon as outlined is accomplished through the following steps:

1.	Log in to the server and start YaST, authenticating as root when prompted.
2.	Choose Network Services and then DHCP Server.
3.	A prompt will appear that the dhcp-server package needs to be installed, as shown in Figure 4.48. Figure 4.48. The dhcp-server package needs to be added.
4.	Click Continue to install the package and insert any media as it is requested.
5.	The DHCP Server Wizard will begin and prompt you to select a network card, as shown in Figure 4.49. Figure 4.49. The DHCP Server Wizard begins.
6.	Select Next. On the Global Settings screen, do the following: Check the LDAP Support box. Enter LabRoom in the Domain Name field. Enter the IP address of this server in the Primary Name Server IP field. Enter the IP address of the router in the Default Gateway (Router) field. Enter 1 in the Default Lease Time field, leaving the default measure set to days.
7.	Click Next.
8.	Enter 192.168.0.15 in the First IP Address field.
9.	Enter 192.168.0.99 in the Last IP Address field.
10.	Enter 1 in the Lease Time field, leaving the default measure set to days.
11.	Enter 2 in the Max Lease Time field, leaving the default measure set to days.
12.	Click Next and then Finish, leaving the DHCP Server:Start-Up setting as Off Start Server Manually.
13.	A prompt will appear asking for the password to the LDAP server. Enter the root password.
14.	Open a terminal session and type rcdhcpd start to start the dhcp service.

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If you've logged in as the admin user, which you have hopefully done, you must su - to root at the terminal prompt before entering the command to start dhcp.