Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:21:21 -0500 From: Vince Gonzalez <vg@pobox.com> To: Ivan Fetch <ivanfetch@technologist.com> Cc: "Fred J. Lomas" <aj@8hill.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhcpd Message-ID: <20000224092121.A2303@newton.baruch.cuny.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002231227440.989-100000@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com>; from ivanfetch@technologist.com on Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 08:52:45PM -0700 References: <38B40D3F.B892D646@8hill.com> <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002231227440.989-100000@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com>
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 08:52:45PM -0700, Ivan Fetch wrote:
> Hi Fred,
>
> The difference between the dhcp.leases and dhcp.leases~ file is that
> the file with a ~ at the end is the backup leases file. If your
> dhcpd.leases file becomes damaged you are supposed to copy the
> dhcpd.leases~ file to dhcpd.leases instead of just using an empty
> dhcpd.leases file (so that you do not totally lose your IP
> assignments).
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Fred J. Lomas wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have a BSD box that runs 2.2.7 on it, doing dhcp, I was
> > wondering if there is a way to clear out that dhcpd.leases file so it
> > will refresh, and also there is another file that is called
> > dhcpd.leases~ what is the difference i couldn't find any?? one more
> > thing, where would I go to check my IP scope and set that up at.. any
> > ideas thanks in advanced.
From the DHCPD FAQ:
How can I remove unwanted leases?
Q: How can I remove unwanted leases?
A:
Removing leases from the file will obviously cause trouble for clients
in that leases already belonging to clients may be
assigned to other clients. If you're running version 2, there's
a decent chance that some leases will be abandoned.
Right now there's no way to force leases to go away.
--vince
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