>We have computers whose network addresses are dynamically
>assigned through DHCP, and which we would like to become
>ADSM backup clients.  However, the dynamic IP-numbers
>seem to present a problem.
>
>The DHCP-clients (typically PCs running Linux, and using the
>"unsupported" ADSM client software) may change IP-address daily.
>Even if I assign a permanent ADSM name to the client
>(e.g., "karsten"), I find that when a new IP-address is
>used, the dsmc backup client asks for the node password
>(which the users generally don't have).  The plan is
>actually to run the ADSM in the background (using the UNIX
>crontab) where passwords cannot be used.
>
>Will I be forced to give up dynamic IP-addresses in order
>to use ADSM ?  That's not so nice when IP-numbers are
>in demand, and some portable PCs may actually be away
>for lengths of time.
>
>I guess that server-side schedules won't do any good,
>because the server would never know the IP-address of
>the client node "karsten".
>
>Does anyone have a good solution ?
>
>Ole Holm Nielsen
>Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark,