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Subject: misc/116198: ifconfig illegal option -- n  dhclient fails
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>Number:         116198
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       ifconfig illegal option -- n  dhclient fails
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 08 08:30:14 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stefan Kuttler
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-Release-p7
>Organization:
netbeisser.de
>Environment:
FreeBSD 6.2-Release-p7 tc3.netbeisser.de 6.2-Release-p7 FreeBSD 6.2-Release-p7 #0: Sat Sep  8 06:24:41 MEST 2007  sk@tc3.netbeisser.de/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TC3  i386
>Description:
Simple console parameter problem. dhclient fails to initialized device throwing
/sbin/ifconfig -n 
ifconfig illegal option -- n
>How-To-Repeat:
dhclient em0
>Fix:
Replacing ifconfig -n with ifconfig -L fixes it

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: