Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 15:20:36 -0800 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: Paul MacKenzie <elephant@cgocable.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Script for dhcp-2.0b1p10 for FREEBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <35047944.6CAC6D9E@dal.net> References: <Pine.UW2.3.95.980309095809.6070I-100000@cedb>
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Dan Busarow wrote:
>
> On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Paul MacKenzie wrote:
> > 1) the dhclient-script for FREEBSD in /etc has an error in it... for
> > freebsd right from the start - it says expected end of file on line xxx. I
> > tried to modify it but am not sure if I correctly did so
>
> Well my laptop is at home right now but it is happily using the ISC
> dhcp client. Same release. No errors reported. dhclient-script
> does not get run directly, it is called by dhclient.
*Nod* You shouldn't have to modify the script at all.
> > 2) the dhclient.conf file does not exist. I copied the file from the
> > install directory and tried to manually change it, but I had no real success..
>
> Aside from some rather obvious changes (domain search) the example
> should work in most cases.
I don't remember if I had to copy the file by hand or not. Did you
install the port? You might give that a try if you didn't already.
> Make sure you have dhclient starting up at boot time and have
> dhclient-script and dhclient.conf in /etc
I learned a nifty trick the other day. Of course it's something that's
been there all along, but it's new to me. :) In /etc/rc.network there
are hooks at the beginning of the file to run scripts of the format
/etc/start_if.${ifn} where $ifn is an interface number defined in
"network_interfaces" in /etc/rc.conf. So, I put the following script in
/etc/start_if.ep0:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/sbin/dhclient ep0
This way I can use the "normal" network configuration options in
/etc/rc.conf and not have to modify rc.network or rc.local for standard
items.
I do have a patch for the script that allows you to set your hostname
from dhcp if you need to. Mail me privately if you need it.
Good luck,
Doug
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