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Date:      Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:41:15 +0300
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:  <20010730124115.C5106@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <200107300930.f6U9U4B25846@freefall.freebsd.org>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:30:04AM -0700
References:  <200107300930.f6U9U4B25846@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:30:04AM -0700, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> 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.

Oh, ok, so it needs a couple more things, like variables defining
which interfaces to listen on; but that's an implementation detail ;)
The point is, there *is* a startup script provided, it is listed
in the packaging list, the 'make install' port target tells you
about it - you just need to customize it a little bit to get it to work.

G'luck,
Peter

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