NAME

lat-hosts - The lazy administrator's tool to manage hostnames

DESCRIPTION

Creates or deletes hosnames on Mitel's SME servers. This tool is functionally equivalent to the 'Hostnames and addresses' option in the server-manager, but can be run from the command line or called from an other script. It allows you, for example, to create a large number of hostnames in a batch process, or delete hostnames on a remote machine via an ssh console.

See /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools/example.hosts for the format of the input file.

SYNOPSIS

lat-hosts -a -c ``host| domain| loc. | visib. | loc.ip | glob.ip | mac''

lat-hosts -a -i /path/to/hosts.list

lat-hosts -d [-f] -c ``Host | Domain''

lat-hosts -d [-f] -i /path/to/hosts.list

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-a, --add
Add a host name to the server

-c ``Arguments'', --command-line=``Arguments''
Take arguments from the command line. See below for the various arguments that are accepted.

-d, --delete
Delete a hostname from the server. Wildcards (* and ?) are accepted.

-f, --force
Don't prompt before deleting.

-h, --help
Extended help for this tool

-i FILE, --input-file=FILE
Use the information from FILE to create or delete the hostname(s).

Arguments:

   host*      : Must contain only letters, numbers, and hyphens,
                and must start with a letter or number. Wildcards
                (* and ?) can only be used to delete hostnames.
   domain     : Must be an existing (virtual) domain name. If
                omitted, the primary site is assumed.
   loc.       : Location of the server:
                'Local' (on the LAN)
                'Remote' (on the Internet)
                'Self' (alias for the SME server)
   visib.     : 'Local' (only visible on the LAN)
                'Global' (visible on the entire Internet).
   loc.ip     : Internal IP number
   glob.ip    : Public IP number
   mac        : The ethernet address is optional and causes the
                DHCP server to statically bind the local IP address
                to the computer with this ethernet address.
   * mandatory field

EXAMPLES

lat-hosts -a -c ``ntp | hogwarts.net | self | local''

Creates host name 'ntp.hogwarts.net' on the SME server. The host name will be visible only on the LAN.

lat-hosts -a -i /root/hosts.list

Creates the host names defined in /root/hosts.list. Refer to /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools/example.hosts for an example of an input file.

lat-hosts -d -f -c ``ftp*''

Deletes all host names that start with 'ftp'. The host names will be deleted without prompting (-f).

SEE ALSO

lat-group(8), lat-pseudonyms(8), lat-ibays(8), lat-quota(8), lat-domains(8), lat-users(8), lat-procmail(8), lat-pptp(8), lat-dump(8)

VERSION

Version 0.9.0 (2004-09-08). The latest version is hosted at http://www.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/

COPYRIGHT

(c)2003-2004, Altiplano bvba (http://www.altiplano.be). Released under the terms of the GNU license.

BUGS

Please report bugs to <Bugs@Altiplano.Be>