DHCP Lease Data Monitoring Utility

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In Brief

Retrieve and display DHCP lease data of a Linux DHCP server.

Vitals

Posted:	3 May 2007
File Size:	16.6KB
License:	Free
Download:	/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/DHCP_Audit.java
Publisher:	Rohit Jaini

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Details

This is a tool that retrieves and displays the lease data kept in the lease file on a Linux DHCP server. The utility was designed to help administrators and testing team to audit or monitor DHCP leases information. Various feature like filtering of the records based on start/end lease date or binding state is offered. Also an option has provided to save the lease information into a more common readable format.

*For the this utility to work JAVA should be present on the machine.

How to Use the file:

To compile the file from a terminal type:

javac DHCP_Audit.java <enter>

To run the tool type:

java DHCP_Audit -f "path/fileName" <enter>

Where path/fileName is the name of lease data file that exists on a Linux DHCP Server.

Example:

java DHCP_Audit -f /var/lib/dhcp/db/dhcp.leases <enter>

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