Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 02:30:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/29317: No way to start dhcpd from rc.conf (and rc.network) Message-ID: <200107300930.f6U9U4B25846@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/29317; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Subject: Re: conf/29317: No way to start dhcpd from rc.conf (and rc.network) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:23:51 +0300 On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 09:00:02PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > The following reply was made to PR conf/29317; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> > To: Olafur Gudmundsson <ogud@ogud.com> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: conf/29317: No way to start dhcpd from rc.conf (and rc.network) > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 20:57:24 -0700 > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 11:46:40PM -0400, Olafur Gudmundsson wrote: > > >Description: > > Standard FreeBSD-4.3 does not install dhcpd program and > > even after one is installed via ports or packages, > > there is no prototype in rc.defaults to start one with or > > block in rc.network to execute the startup. > > FreeBSD can no and will not provide direct support for every random daemon > someone choosed to write via /etc/rc.network. That would be insane. > Since FreeBSD does not ship with a dhcpd, it will not support it via > /etc/rc.conf at this time. However, you can start dhcpd by placing a > script like the following in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, named dhcpd.sh or > similar: > > #!/bin/sh > [ -x /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd ] && /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd fxp1 -q && echo -n ' dhcpd' Actually, a much more elaborate startup/shutdown script is already provided with both the DHCP ports - net/isc-dhcp and net/isc-dhcp3. All it takes to start is, it needs to find a /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf file, which can be easily derived from /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf.sample. G'luck, Peter -- because I didn't think of a good beginning of it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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