Cash Register Images - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

4 Server Structure
type is specified as a reference to a scPosImage object in the at-
tribute scPosImageDn (which points to the reference image in the
global container). The information about the reference hardware
and image are then added to the scWorkstation object as distin-
guished names (dn) and the attributes are named scRefPcDn and
scPosImageDn.
b) Now all information is collected to generate the configuration file
/tftpboot/CR/config.<MAC Address>. It is possible to specify hard-
ware type or image type dependent configuration files, like XF86config
(which would be hardware type dependent). These files are gener-
ated in the /tftpboot/CR/<MAC Address> directory. For this pur-
pose, an object of the class scConfigFileTemplate can be added
to the respective scRefPc or scPosImage object in the global con-
tainer.
Then the attribute scConfigFileData of the scConfigFileTemplate
object contains the required file. Hardware or image dependent
configuration files are always looked up by the order image, hard-
ware.
All newly generated files are initially named with the prefix TMP_.
c) The configuration files are renamed from TMP_* to their final names.
d) Finally, the /tftpboot/upload/hwtype. MAC Address
The registration of a newly detected cash register is completed.
5. posleases2ldap starts posldap2dns. The zone files for the DNS server
are regenerated from the directory data as a temporary file and re-
named. The DNS service is restarted if there are any changes.
6. posleases2ldap starts posldap2dhcp. The dhcpd.conf file is regenerated
from the directory data as a temporary file and renamed. The DHCP
service is restarted if there are any changes.
7. posleases2ldap runs in a loop starting at point 2. until it is terminated
or the attribute scDynamicIp in the scLocation object for the branch is
set to FALSE.

4.6 Cash Register Images

OS images are created on the administration server, versioned, and prepared
for transmission via the RSYNC server service. The information is maintained
in the directory (LDAP). This includes the image name (scImageName), the
name of the image file (scImageFile), and the image version (scPosImageVersion).
The actual name of the image file in the tftp server are composed of scImageFile
and scPosImageVersion.
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file is deleted.