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649 lines
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Internet Software Consortium DHCP Distribution
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Version 3, Release Candidate 8
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May 17, 2001
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README FILE
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You should read this file carefully before trying to install or use
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the ISC DHCP Distribution.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 WHERE TO FIND DOCUMENTATION
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2 RELEASE STATUS
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3 BUILDING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
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3.1 UNPACKING IT
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3.2 CONFIGURING IT
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3.2.1 DYNAMIC DNS UPDATES
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3.2.2 LOCALLY DEFINED OPTIONS
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3.3 BUILDING IT
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4 INSTALLING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
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5 USING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
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5.1 FIREWALL RULES
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5.2 LINUX
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5.2.1 IF_TR.H NOT FOUND
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5.2.2 SO_ATTACH_FILTER UNDECLARED
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5.2.3 PROTOCOL NOT CONFIGURED
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5.2.4 BROADCAST
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5.2.6 IP BOOTP AGENT
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5.2.7 MULTIPLE INTERFACES
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5.3 SCO
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5.4 HP-UX
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5.5 ULTRIX
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5.6 FreeBSD
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5.7 NeXTSTEP
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5.8 SOLARIS
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6 SUPPORT
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6.1 HOW TO REPORT BUGS
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WHERE TO FIND DOCUMENTATION
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Documentation for this software includes this README file, the
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RELNOTES file, and the manual pages, which are in the server, common,
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client and relay subdirectories. The README file (this file) includes
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late-breaking operational and system-specific information that you
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should read even if you don't want to read the manual pages, and that
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you should *certainly* read if you run into trouble. Internet
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standards relating to the DHCP protocol are stored in the doc
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subdirectory. You will have the best luck reading the manual pages if
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you build this software and then install it, although you can read
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them directly out of the distribution if you need to.
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DHCP server documentation is in the dhcpd man page. Information about
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the DHCP server lease database is in the dhcpd.leases man page.
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Server configuration documentation is in the dhcpd.conf man page as
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well as the dhcp-options man page. A sample DHCP server
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configuration is in the file server/dhcpd.conf. The source for the
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dhcpd, dhcpd.leases and dhcpd.conf man pages is in the server/ sub-
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directory in the distribution. The source for the dhcp-options.5
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man page is in the common/ subdirectory.
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DHCP Client documentation is in the dhclient man page. DHCP client
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configuration documentation is in the dhclient.conf man page and the
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dhcp-options man page. The DHCP client configuration script is
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documented in the dhclient-script man page. The format of the DHCP
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client lease database is documented in the dhclient.leases man page.
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The source for all these man pages is in the client/ subdirectory in
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the distribution. In addition, the dhcp-options man page should be
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referred to for information about DHCP options.
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DHCP relay agent documentation is in the dhcrelay man page, the source
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for which is distributed in the relay/ subdirectory.
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To read installed manual pages, use the man command. Type "man page"
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where page is the name of the manual page. This will only work if
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you have installed the ISC DHCP distribution using the ``make install''
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command (described later).
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If you want to read manual pages that aren't installed, you can type
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``nroff -man page |more'' where page is the filename of the
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unformatted manual page. The filename of an unformatted manual page
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is the name of the manual page, followed by '.', followed by some
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number - 5 for documentation about files, and 8 for documentation
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about programs. For example, to read the dhcp-options man page,
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you would type ``nroff -man common/dhcp-options.5 |more'', assuming
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your current working directory is the top level directory of the ISC
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DHCP Distribution.
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If you do not have the nroff command, you can type ``more catpage''
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where catpage is the filename of the catted man page. Catted man
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pages names are the name of the manual page followed by ".cat"
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followed by 5 or 8, as with unformatted manual pages.
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Please note that until you install the manual pages, the pathnames of
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files to which they refer will not be correct for your operating
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system.
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RELEASE STATUS
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This is the second beta release of version 3.0 of the ISC DHCP
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Distribution. Development of this release is approaching the point at
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which it will be frozen, and no significant new features will be
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added.
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In this release, the server and relay agent are currently fully
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functional on NetBSD, Linux systems with kernel version 2.2 or later,
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FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Digital Tru64 Unix and Solaris. The
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software will also run on HP-UX, but only supports a single network
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interface. Ports also exist for QNX, SCO, NeXTStep, and MacOS X, but
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are not in wide use, with all that implies. We are not aware of an
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easy way to get this software running on HP-UX.
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The DHCP client currently only knows how to configure the network on
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NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/os, Linux, Solaris and NextStep. The
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client depends on a system-dependent shell script to do network
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configuration - support for other operating systems is simply a matter
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of porting this shell script to the new platform.
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If you are running the DHCP distribution on a machine which is a
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firewall, or if there is a firewall between your DHCP server(s) and
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DHCP clients, please read the section on firewalls which appears later
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in this document.
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If you wish to run the DHCP Distribution on Linux, please see the
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Linux-specific notes later in this document. If you wish to run on an
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SCO release, please see the SCO-specific notes later in this document.
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You particularly need to read these notes if you intend to support
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Windows 95 clients. If you are running a version of FreeBSD prior to
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2.2, please read the note on FreeBSD. If you are running HP-UX or
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Ultrix, please read the notes for those operating systems below. If
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you are running NeXTSTEP, please see the notes on NeXTSTEP below.
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If you start dhcpd and get a message, "no free bpf", that means you
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need to configure the Berkeley Packet Filter into your operating
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system kernel. On NetBSD, FreeBSD and BSD/os, type ``man bpf'' for
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information. On Digital Unix, type ``man pfilt''.
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BUILDING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
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UNPACKING IT
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To build the DHCP Distribution, unpack the compressed tar file using
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the tar utility and the gzip command - type something like:
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zcat dhcp-3.0rc8.tar.gz |tar xvf -
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On BSD/OS, you have to type gzcat, not zcat, and you may run into
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similar problems on other operating systems.
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CONFIGURING IT
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Now, cd to the dhcp-3.0rc8 subdirectory that you've just
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created and configure the source tree by typing:
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./configure
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If the configure utility can figure out what sort of system you're
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running on, it will create a custom Makefile for you for that
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system; otherwise, it will complain. If it can't figure out what
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system you are using, that system is not supported - you are on
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your own.
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DYNAMIC DNS UPDATES
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A fully-featured implementation of dynamic DNS updates is included in
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this release. There are no build dependencies with any BIND version
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- this version can and should just use the resolver in your C library.
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There is documentation for the DDNS support in the dhcpd.conf manual
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page - see the beginning of this document for information on finding
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manual pages.
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LOCALLY DEFINED OPTIONS
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In previous versions of the DHCP server there was a mechanism whereby
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options that were not known by the server could be configured using
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a name made up of the option code number and an identifier:
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"option-nnn" This is no longer supported, because it is not future-
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proof. Instead, if you want to use an option that the server doesn't
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know about, you must explicitly define it using the method described
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in the dhcp-options man page under the DEFINING NEW OPTIONS heading.
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BUILDING IT
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Once you've run configure, just type ``make'', and after a while
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you should have a dhcp server. If you get compile errors on one
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of the supported systems mentioned earlier, please let us know.
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If you get warnings, it's not likely to be a problem - the DHCP
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server compiles completely warning-free on as many architectures
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as we can manage, but there are a few for which this is difficult.
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If you get errors on a system not mentioned above, you will need
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to do some programming or debugging on your own to get the DHCP
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Distribution working.
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INSTALLING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
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Once you have successfully gotten the DHCP Distribution to build, you
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can install it by typing ``make install''. If you already have an old
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version of the DHCP Distribution installed, you may want to save it
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before typing ``make install''.
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USING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
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FIREWALL RULES
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If you are running the DHCP server or client on a computer that's also
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acting as a firewall, you must be sure to allow DHCP packets through
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the firewall. In particular, your firewall rules _must_ allow packets
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from IP address 0.0.0.0 to IP address 255.255.255.255 from UDP port 68
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to UDP port 67 through. They must also allow packets from your local
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firewall's IP address and UDP port 67 through to any address your DHCP
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server might serve on UDP port 68. Finally, packets from relay agents
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on port 67 to the DHCP server on port 67, and vice versa, must be
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permitted.
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We have noticed that on some systems where we are using a packet
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filter, if you set up a firewall that blocks UDP port 67 and 68
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entirely, packets sent through the packet filter will not be blocked.
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However, unicast packets will be blocked. This can result in strange
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behaviour, particularly on DHCP clients, where the initial packet
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exchange is broadcast, but renewals are unicast - the client will
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appear to be unable to renew until it starts broadcasting its
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renewals, and then suddenly it'll work. The fix is to fix the
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firewall rules as described above.
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PARTIAL SERVERS
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If you have a server that is connected to two networks, and you only
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want to provide DHCP service on one of those networks (e.g., you are
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using a cable modem and have set up a NAT router), if you don't write
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any subnet declaration for the network you aren't supporting, the DHCP
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server will ignore input on that network interface if it can. If it
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can't, it will refuse to run - some operating systems do not have the
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capability of supporting DHCP on machines with more than one
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interface, and ironically this is the case even if you don't want to
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provide DHCP service on one of those interfaces.
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LINUX
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There are three big LINUX issues: the all-ones broadcast address,
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Linux 2.1 ip_bootp_agent enabling, and operations with more than one
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network interface. There are also two potential compilation/runtime
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problems for Linux 2.1/2.2: the "SO_ATTACH_FILTER undeclared" problem
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and the "protocol not configured" problem.
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LINUX: IF_TR.H NOT FOUND
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When you compile the distribution on Linux, you may get an error
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message indicating that the include file if_tr.h could not be found.
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If this happens, go into includes/cf/linux.h and delete the line that
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defined HAVE_TR_SUPPORT, or look into installing a new version of libc
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that includes the if_tr.h file. We will be working on removing this
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problem in the future, but for now, if you run into it, this should be
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a viable workaround.
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LINUX: SO_ATTACH_FILTER UNDECLARED
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In addition, there is a minor issue that we will mention here because
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this release is so close on the heels of the Linux 2.2 release: there
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is a symlink in /usr/include that points at the linux asm headers. It
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appears to be not uncommon that this link won't be updated correctly,
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in which case you'll get the following error when you try to build:
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lpf.c: In function `if_register_receive':
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lpf.c:152: `SO_ATTACH_FILTER' undeclared (first use this function)
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lpf.c:152: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
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lpf.c:152: for each function it appears in.)
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The line numbers may be different, of course. If you see this
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header, your linux asm header link is probably bad, and you should
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make sure it's pointing to correct linux source directory.
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LINUX: PROTOCOL NOT CONFIGURED
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One additional Linux 2.1/2.2 issue: if you get the following message,
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it's because your kernel doesn't have the linux packetfilter or raw
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packet socket configured:
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Make sure CONFIG_PACKET (Packet socket) and CONFIG_FILTER (Socket
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Filtering) are enabled in your kernel configuration
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If this happens, you need to configure your Linux kernel to support
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Socket Filtering and the Packet socket. You can do this by typing
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``make config'', ``make menuconfig'' or ``make xconfig'', and then
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enabling the Packet socket and Socket Filtering options that you'll
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see displayed on the menu or in the questionnaire. You can also edit
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your linux kernel .config file directly: set CONFIG_FILTER=y and
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CONFIG_PACKET=y. If you do this, make sure you run ``make oldconfig''
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afterwards, so that the changes you've made are propogated to the
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kernel header files. After you've reconfigured, you need to type
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``make'' to build a new Linux kernel, and then install it in the
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appropriate place (probably /linux). Make sure to save a copy of your
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old /linux.
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If the preceding paragraph made no sense to you, ask your Linux
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vendor/guru for help - please don't ask us.
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If you set CONFIG_PACKET=m or CONFIG_FILTER=m, then you must tell the
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kernel module loader to load the appropriate modules. If this doesn't
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make sense to you, don't use CONFIG_whatever=m - use CONFIG_whatever=y.
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Don't ask for help with this on the DHCP mailing list - it's a Linux
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kernel issue. This is probably not a problem with the most recent
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Linux 2.2.x kernels.
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LINUX: BROADCAST
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If you are running a recent version of Linux, this won't be a problem,
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but on older versions of Linux (kernel versions prior to 2.2), there
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is a potential problem with the broadcast address being sent
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incorrectly.
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In order for dhcpd to work correctly with picky DHCP clients (e.g.,
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Windows 95), it must be able to send packets with an IP destination
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address of 255.255.255.255. Unfortunately, Linux changes an IP
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destination of 255.255.255.255 into the local subnet broadcast address
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(here, that's 192.5.5.223).
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This isn't generally a problem on Linux 2.2 and later kernels, since
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we completely bypass the Linux IP stack, but on old versions of Linux
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2.1 and all versions of Linux prior to 2.1, it is a problem - pickier
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DHCP clients connected to the same network as the ISC DHCP server or
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ISC relay agent will not see messages from the DHCP server. It *is*
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possible to run into trouble with this on Linux 2.2 and later if you
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are running a verson of the DHCP server that was compiled on a Linux
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2.0 system, though.
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It is possible to work around this problem on some versions of Linux
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by creating a host route from your network interface address to
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255.255.255.255. The command you need to use to do this on Linux
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varies from version to version. The easiest version is:
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route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0
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On some older Linux systems, you will get an error if you try to do
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this. On those systems, try adding the following entry to your
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/etc/hosts file:
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255.255.255.255 all-ones
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Then, try:
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route add -host all-ones dev eth0
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Another route that has worked for some users is:
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route add -net 255.255.255.0 dev eth0
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If you are not using eth0 as your network interface, you should
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specify the network interface you *are* using in your route command.
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LINUX: IP BOOTP AGENT
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Some versions of the Linux 2.1 kernel apparently prevent dhcpd from
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working unless you enable it by doing the following:
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echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_bootp_agent
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LINUX: MULTIPLE INTERFACES
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Very old versions of the Linux kernel do not provide a networking API
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that allows dhcpd to operate correctly if the system has more than one
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broadcast network interface. However, Linux 2.0 kernels with version
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numbers greater than or equal to 2.0.31 add an API feature: the
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SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option. If SO_BINDTODEVICE is present, it is
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possible for dhcpd to operate on Linux with more than one network
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interface. In order to take advantage of this, you must be running a
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2.0.31 or greater kernel, and you must have 2.0.31 or later system
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headers installed *before* you build the DHCP Distribution.
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We have heard reports that you must still add routes to 255.255.255.255
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in order for the all-ones broadcast to work, even on 2.0.31 kernels.
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In fact, you now need to add a route for each interface. Hopefully
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the Linux kernel gurus will get this straight eventually.
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Linux 2.1 and later kernels do not use SO_BINDTODEVICE or require the
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broadcast address hack, but do support multiple interfaces, using the
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Linux Packet Filter.
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SCO
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SCO has the same problem as Linux (described earlier). The thing is,
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SCO *really* doesn't want to let you add a host route to the all-ones
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broadcast address.
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On more recent versions of SCO, you can do this:
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ifconfig net0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xNNNNNNNN broadcast 255.255.255.255
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If this doesn't work, you can also try the following strange hack:
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ifconfig net0 alias 10.1.1.1 netmask 8.0.0.0
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Apparently this works because of an interaction between SCO's support
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for network classes and the weird netmask. The 10.* network is just a
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dummy that can generally be assumed to be safe. Don't ask why this
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works. Just try it. If it works for you, great. SCO has added
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support for doing DHCP in a more sensible way, but I have not had the
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time or cause to implement them. If you are interested in this, and
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are able to hack your way out of a wet paper back without assistance,
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we'd appreciate it if you'd give it a try, but don't expect too much
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support from us (sorry!).
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HP-UX
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HP-UX has the same problem with the all-ones broadcast address that
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SCO and Linux have. One user reported that adding the following to
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/etc/rc.config.d/netconf helped (you may have to modify this to suit
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your local configuration):
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INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan0
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IP_ADDRESS[0]=1.1.1.1
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SUBNET_MASK[0]=255.255.255.0
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BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]="255.255.255.255"
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LANCONFIG_ARGS[0]="ether"
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DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0
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ULTRIX
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Now that we have Ultrix packet filter support, the DHCP Distribution
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on Ultrix should be pretty trouble-free. However, one thing you do
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need to be aware of is that it now requires that the pfilt device be
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configured into your kernel and present in /dev. If you type ``man
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packetfilter'', you will get some information on how to configure your
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kernel for the packet filter (if it isn't already) and how to make an
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entry for it in /dev.
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FreeBSD
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Versions of FreeBSD prior to 2.2 have a bug in BPF support in that the
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ethernet driver swaps the ethertype field in the ethernet header
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downstream from BPF, which corrupts the output packet. If you are
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running a version of FreeBSD prior to 2.2, and you find that dhcpd
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can't communicate with its clients, you should #define BROKEN_FREEBSD_BPF
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in site.h and recompile.
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NeXTSTEP
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The NeXTSTEP support uses the NeXTSTEP Berkeley Packet Filter
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extension, which is not included in the base NextStep system. You
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must install this extension in order to get dhcpd or dhclient to work.
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SOLARIS
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One problem which has been observed and is not fixed in this
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patchlevel has to do with using DLPI on Solaris machines. The symptom
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of this problem is that the DHCP server never receives any requests.
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This has been observed with Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 on Intel x86
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systems, although it may occur with other systems as well. If you
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encounter this symptom, and you are running the DHCP server on a
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machine with a single broadcast network interface, you may wish to
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edit the includes/site.h file and uncomment the #define USE_SOCKETS
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line. Then type ``make clean; make''.
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The DHCP client on Solaris will only work with DLPI. If you run it
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and it just keeps saying it's sending DHCPREQUEST packets, but never
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gets a response, you may be having DLPI trouble as described above.
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If so, we have no solution to offer at this time. Also, because
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Solaris requires you to "plumb" an interface before it can be detected
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by the DHCP client, you must either specify the name(s) of the
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interface(s) you want to configure on the command line, or must plumb
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the interfaces prior to invoking the DHCP client. This can be done
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with ``ifconfig iface plumb'', where iface is the name of the
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interface (e.g., ``ifconfig hme0 plumb'').
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It should be noted that Solaris versions from 2.6 onward include a
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DHCP client that you can run with ``/sbin/ifconfig iface dhcp start''
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rather than using the ISC DHCP client. The feature set of the Solaris
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client is different (not necessarily better or worse) than that of the
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ISC client, but in most cases it will be a lot easier for you to just
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use that. Please do not ask for help in using the Solaris DHCP client
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on Internet Software Consortium mailing lists - that's why you're
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paying Sun the big bucks. If you're having a problem with the
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Solaris client interoperating with the ISC dhcp server, that's another
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matter, but please check with Sun first.
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SUPPORT
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The Internet Software Consortium DHCP server is not a commercial
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product, and is not supported by the ISC. However, it has attracted a
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fairly sizable following on the Internet, which means that there are a
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lot of knowledgable users who may be able to help you if you get
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stuck. These people generally read the dhcp-server@isc.org mailing
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list.
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If you are going to use dhcpd, you should probably subscribe to the
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dhcp-server and dhcp-announce mailing lists. If you will be using
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dhclient, you should subscribe to the dhcp-client mailing list.
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If you need help, you should ask on the dhcp-server or dhcp-client
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mailing list - whichever is appropriate to your application. Support
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requests for the ISC DHCP client should go to dhcp-client@isc.org.
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Support requests for the DHCP server should go to dhcp-server@isc.org.
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If you are having trouble with a combination of the client and server,
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send the request to dhcp-server@isc.org. Please do not cross-post to
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both lists under any circumstances.
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WHERE TO REPORT BUGS: If you want the act of sending in a bug report
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to result in you getting help in the form of a fixed piece of
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software, you are asking for help. Your bug report is helpful to us,
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but fundamentally you are making a support request, so please use the
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addresses described in the previous paragraphs. If you are _sure_ that
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your problem is a bug, and not user error, or if your bug report
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includes a patch, you can send it to dhcp-bugs@isc.org without
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subscribing. This mailing list goes into a bug tracking system, so
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you don't need to check periodically to see if we still remember the
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bug - if you haven't been notified that the bug has been closed, we
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still consider it a bug, and still have it in the system.
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PLEASE DO NOT REPORT BUGS IN OLD SOFTWARE RELEASES! Fetch the latest
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release and see if the bug is still in that version of the software,
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and if it's not, _then_ report it. It's okay to report bugs in the
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latest patchlevel of a major version that's not the most recent major
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version, though - for example, if you're running 2.0, you don't have
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to upgrade to 3.0 before you can report bugs.
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PLEASE DO NOT REPORT BUGS IF YOU ARE RUNNING A VERSION OF THE ISC
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DHCP DISTRIBUTION THAT YOU DIDN'T GET FROM THE ISC! Free operating
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system distributions are notorious for including outdated versions of
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software, and also versions of software that were not compiled on your
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particular version of the operating system. These versions
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frequently do not work. Getting a source distribution from the ISC
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and installing it frequently *does* work. Please try this *before*
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asking for help.
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PLEASE READ THIS README FILE CAREFULLY BEFORE REPORTING BUGS,
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PARTICULARLY THE SECTION BELOW ON WHAT TO INCLUDE IN A BUG REPORT OR
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HELP REQUEST.
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PLEASE DO NOT SEND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT DIRECTLY TO THE ENGINEERS WHO
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WORK ON THE ISC DHCP DISTRIBUTION! *PARTICULARLY*, DO NOT SEND MAIL
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TO THE ENGINEERS BECAUSE YOU AREN'T SURE TO WHOM YOU SHOULD SEND MAIL
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- if you aren't sure, *ask* on the dhcp-server@isc.org or
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dhcp-client@isc.org mailing list.
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The number of people using the DHCP Distribution is sufficiently large
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that if we take interrupts every time any one of those people runs
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into trouble, we will never get any more coding done. If you send a
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support request directly to any ISC or Nominum engineer, we will
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forward it to the mailing list, or possibly ignore it, depending on
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how much stress we are under at the time.
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Please do not Cc: us on mail you send to these lists - we read both
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mailing lists, so this just means we get two copies!
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If your question can only be answered by one of the engineers, send it
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to the appropriate public mailing list anyway - we will answer it
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there. When we have time.
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Please do not think "Oh, I don't want to bother the whole mailing list
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with this question." If you are too embarrassed to ask publically,
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get a support contract.
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If you are concerned about bothering everybody on the list, that's
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great, but that's what the list is there for. When you send mail to
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one of the engineers, you are taking resources away from everybody on
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the mailing list *anyway* - they just don't know it.
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We're not writing this because we don't respect you - we really do
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want to help you, and we appreciate your bug reports and comments.
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But please use the mechanisms we have in place to provide you with
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help, because otherwise you are almost certainly depriving someone
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else of our help.
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PLEASE DO NOT CALL US ON THE PHONE FOR HELP! Answering the phone
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takes a lot more of our time and attention than answering email. If
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you do call us on the phone, we will tell you to send email to the
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mailing list or buy a support contract, so please don't waste your
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time or ours. If you have a support contract, please use the support
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channel mentioned in the support contract - otherwise you probably
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won't get timely support unless you happen to ask an interesting
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question and we happen to have some time to kill, because we can't
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tell you're a support customer if you send mail to the public mailing
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lists.
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HOW TO REPORT BUGS OR REQUEST HELP
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When you report bugs or ask for help, please provide us complete
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information. A list of information we need follows. Please read it
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carefully, and put all the information you can into your initial bug
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report, so that we don't have to ask you any questions in order to
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figure out your problem. If you need handholding support, please
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consider contacting a commercial provider of the ISC DHCP
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Distribution.
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1. The specific operating system name and version of the
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machine on which the DHCP server or client is running.
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2. The specific operating system name and version of the
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machine on which the client is running, if you are having
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trouble getting a client working with the server.
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3. If you're running Linux, the version number we care about is
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the kernel version and maybe the library version, not the
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distribution version - e.g., while we don't mind knowing
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that you're running Redhat version mumble.foo, we must know
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what kernel version you're running, and it helps if you can
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tell us what version of the C library you're running,
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although if you don't know that off the top of your head it
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may be hard for you to figure it out, so don't go crazy
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trying.
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4. The specific version of the DHCP distribution you're
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running, for example "2.0b1pl19", not "2.0".
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5. Please explain the problem carefully, thinking through what
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you're saying to ensure that you don't assume we know
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something about your situation that we don't know.
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6. Include your dhcpd.conf and dhcpd.leases file if they're not
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huge (if they are huge, we may need them anyway, but don't
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send them until you're asked). Huge means more than 100
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kilobytes each.
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7. Include a log of your server or client running until it
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encounters the problem - for example, if you are having
|
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trouble getting some client to get an address, restart the
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server with the -d flag and then restart the client, and
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send us what the server prints. Likewise, with the client,
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include the output of the client as it fails to get an
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address or otherwise does the wrong thing. Do not leave
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out parts of the output that you think aren't interesting.
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8. If the client or server is dumping core, please run the
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debugger and get a stack trace, and include that in your
|
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bug report. For example, if your debugger is gdb, do the
|
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following:
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gdb dhcpd dhcpd.core
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(gdb) where
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[...]
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(gdb) quit
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This assumes that it's the dhcp server you're debugging, and
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that the core file is in dhcpd.core.
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9. If you know that the problem is an actual bug, and you can
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reproduce the bug, you can skip steps 6 through 8 and instead
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capture a trace file using the -tf flag (see the man page for
|
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details). If you do this, and there is anything in your
|
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dhcp configuration that you are not willing to make public,
|
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please send the trace file to dhcp-bugs@isc.org and NOT to
|
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dhcp-server@isc.org, because the tracefile contains your entire
|
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dhcp configuration.
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PLEASE DO NOT send queries about non-isc clients to the dhcp-client
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mailing list. If you're asking about them on an ISC mailing list,
|
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it's probably because you're using the ISC DHCP server, so ask there.
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If you are having problems with a client whose executable is called
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dhcpcd, this is _not_ the ISC DHCP client, and we probably can't help
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you with it.
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Please see http://www.isc.org/services/public/lists/dhcp-lists.html
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for details on how to subscribe to the ISC DHCP mailing lists.
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