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Date:      Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:03:57 +0100
From:      Dario Freni <saturnero@libero.it>
To:        Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
Cc:        doconnor@gsoft.com.au, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient in background?
Message-ID:  <20030110150357.577dd69c.saturnero@libero.it>
In-Reply-To: <20030110132955.GB6529@submonkey.net>
References:  <20030110114622.6ac1264d.saturnero@freesbie.org> <1042202613.936.7.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> <20030110132955.GB6529@submonkey.net>

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Reply to both and in ML

> > You could use the timeout option in dhclient.conf..

IMHO it's a risk.
 
> From man dhclient:
> 
>        The client can also be instructed to become a daemon imme-
>        diately,  rather  than waiting until it has acquired an IP
>        address.   This can be done by supplying the -nw flag.

Read -n explanation. We've just tried -nw and it didn't setup the
network interface

> Oh, this belongs on -questions, by the way.

No, mine was a request for feature, not (only) a support question.

Bye,
Dario

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Dario Freni <saturnero@libero.it>
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