Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:18:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Blapp <mbr@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d dhclient Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030728081506.56734B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200307280815.h6S8Frli079633@repoman.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Martin Blapp wrote: > Always start dhclient in the background. Forgive me for not having time to go read the dhclient details, but unfortunately I'm a bit pressed for time this morning. I just wanted to confirm that dhclient gives a "first reasonable try" if the link is up in this situation, rather than immediately backgrounding, since some services will behave poorly if they don't find IP addresses, etc. Ie., this operates like the NFS mount background option: "If at first you don't succeed, try again on your *own* time". The services I have in mind are, indeed, network file system mounting, sandboxed named, sendmail, and third party applications that like to bind each IP address manually rather than use INADDR_ANY. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030728081506.56734B-100000>