From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 18 02:57:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF7A616A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B9E43D46 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:57:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i3I9vPUR097143 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:57:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3I9vOSh097138; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:57:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:57:24 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Rob Message-ID: <20040418095724.GA96910@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Rob , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4081CC49.6070603@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4081CC49.6070603@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040416, clamav-milter version 0.70g X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: base system vs. isc-dhcp : dhclient conflicts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:57:31 -0000 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:31:05AM +0900, Rob wrote: > I have isc-dhcp3 port installed on my 4.9-Stable PC. > I need that as I want to configure this machine as > both, a DHCP client and server. Making a machine use itself as a DHCP server is somewhat odd -- there will be a boot time problem where the machine is trying to find a DHCP server, so that it can configure it's interface, so that it can start up all the servers it usually runs, including the DHCP server it needs... Which isn't to say that it's completely impossible to make the machine be both client and server, but that you're going to have exert significant effort and some slightly baroque programming in order to make it work. It's an awful lot easier just to give the DHCP server a fixed address. =20 > I notice, that I have two versions of dhclient related > files (see below). Is this a problem and reason for > possible conflicts? What can I do to avoid multiple > versions of dhclient related files? These should be pretty similar, as they both come from the ISC dhcpd distribution. =20 > Is there a make.conf option that will prevent the build > of dhclient in the base system? Apparently not. > I don't know which dhclient to use, the one in /sbin > or the one in /usr/local/sbin. And which dhclient.conf > file to modify. The boot system will use the one in /sbin by default, and that corresponds to the /etc/dhclient.conf file. =20 Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQFAglEEdtESqEQa7a0RAqQxAJYrqhkd2EpC5VHGr6ReHU1pn4cDAJoCpyCW aO2lrSD7lBmazLiW4kdtmg== =hDut -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6--