Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:58:06 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhcpd (reprise) Message-ID: <20041108035806.GA54930@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <443bzlyufp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20041105233628.GA33632@toxic.magnesium.net> <44hdo16376.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20041107195036.GC30315@toxic.magnesium.net> <443bzlyufp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 08:56:58PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net> writes:
>
> > I'll add the -d flag to my rc.conf; are you using the latest
>
> No; *disable* dhcpd from rc.conf, and start it by hand with the -d flag.
>
> > version of the dhcp-server from ISC or something other?
>
> I'm running the ISC dhcp server, as I mentioned in my message, and
> it's fairly up-to-date, but I don't think the exact version matters
> for you (at least not at this point).
>
> > I looked for a 'debug' flag on the man page and didn't see it.
>
> >From "man dhcpd":
> To have dhcpd log to the standard error descriptor, specify the -d
> flag. This can be useful for debugging, and also at sites where a com-
> plete log of all dhcp activity must be kept but syslogd is not reliable
> or otherwise cannot be used. Normally, dhcpd will log all output
> using the syslog(3) function with the log facility set to LOG_DAEMON.
>
> > What should I loook for in th logfile? or will it be
> > obvious :-)
>
> Again, the approach I'm describing will *not* log into the logfile;
> I'm suggesting you get the debug output on a console in real time.
Okay. This is all that is output to stderr:
No subnet declaration for dc0 (216.231.43.140).
** Ignoring requests on dc0. If this is not what
you want, please write a subnet declaration
in your dhcpd.conf file for the network segment
to which interface dc0 is attached. **
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
I've seen this before. What does the last line mean?
Or, how do I test this? I've just tried ssh'ing
around. Nothing to the screen.
gary
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