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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:37:27 -0500
From:      Vince Gonzalez <vg@pobox.com>
To:        Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc:        Vince Gonzalez <vg@pobox.com>, Chameleon <swen@wavefire.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: the real question
Message-ID:  <20000225093727.D4860@newton.baruch.cuny.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002250918100.8935-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>; from shovey@buffnet.net on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 09:19:06AM -0500
References:  <20000225085849.C4860@newton.baruch.cuny.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002250918100.8935-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>

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On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 09:19:06AM -0500, Steve Hovey wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 09:11:54AM -0800, Chameleon wrote:
> > > At 03:52 PM 2/23/00 -0800, Fred J. Lomas wrote: 
> > > >Can anyone tell me the difference between the files dhcpd.leases     
> > > and 
> > > >dhcpd.leases~ I cant seem to find any. and is there a way to clear 
> > > those 
> > > >files so they can refresh ?? 
> > > > 
> > > I'm not sure how to refresh the files... 
> > > but dhcpd.leases~ is a copy of the old dhcpd.leases... before it was 
> > > overwriten by the current dhcpd.leases... 
> > 
> > The point is, you're not supposed to.  Out of curiosity, why would you want to?
> > 
> 
> Yeah - I think the way to clear out your old and reestabish new (like if
> you want to renumber everything) is to add the new to the sever config,
> and refuse to renew leases not in that group.

Yes, but the ISC documentation warns of trouble from doing this.

--vince


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