Sysadmin:AddComputer

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These are the changes that need to be made if a computer is to be added to the CS network, follow these steps.

  1. Add the machine's hostname and IP address to /etc/namedb/master/cs.zone (or public.zone for the public network). Make sure to update the serial number at the top of the file, and to end hostnames with a period so that they are FQDN. Also make sure to use an IP address that is not already taken.
  2. Add the machine's reverse record to /etc/namedb/master/159.28.230.zone (or 159.28.231.zone for the public zone). The same rules as above apply.
  3. Restart DNS by sending a SIGHUP to the named process, or using the rndc reload command.
  4. Add the machine to /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf. You will need its Ethernet MAC address for this. Make sure to terminate each field with a semicolon.
  5. Restart dhcpd by killing it and restarting it with the same command-line options. There should be a /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh script now that we've upgraded to FreeBSD 5.
  6. Copy dhcpd.conf to quarkprime, and restart dhcpd there as well.