Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:05:49 -0600 From: Oscar Ricardo Silva <oscars@mail.utexas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the real question Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000225090236.00a85520@mail.utexas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000225085849.C4860@newton.baruch.cuny.edu> References: <3.0.32.20000224091153.0095a840@mail.wavefire.com> <3.0.32.20000224091153.0095a840@mail.wavefire.com>
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dhcpd.leases is the file with the current active leases. According to the
man page for dhcpd.leases:
In order to prevent the lease database from growing without bound,
the file is rewritten from time to time. First, a temporary lease
database is created and all known leases are dumped to it. Then, the old
lease database is renamed /var/db/dhcpd.leases~. Finally, the newly
written lease database is moved into place.
I got further clarification from Ted Lemon:
It's once an hour at a minimum - if you write a thousand leases before an
hour has elapsed, the file is rewritten, but if you don't, after an hour
has elapsed it will be rewritten.
_MelloN_
So basically, don't touch the file, leave it alone. The dhcpd daemon will
take care of refreshing the file.
Oscar
At 08:58 AM 2/25/00 -0500, Vince Gonzalez, you 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?
>
>--vince
"Don't believe the hype"
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