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Date:      Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:10:33 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Dario Freni <saturnero@libero.it>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dhclient in background?
Message-ID:  <20030110141033.GA11441@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030110150357.577dd69c.saturnero@libero.it>
References:  <20030110114622.6ac1264d.saturnero@freesbie.org> <1042202613.936.7.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> <20030110132955.GB6529@submonkey.net> <20030110150357.577dd69c.saturnero@libero.it>

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On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:03:57PM +0100, Dario Freni wrote:
> 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

-n -w != -nw

> > Oh, this belongs on -questions, by the way.
> 
> No, mine was a request for feature, not (only) a support question.

Probably belongs on an ISC list then ;)

Ceri
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