Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:20:04 GMT From: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/132260: dhcpd pid not stored in documented location Message-ID: <200903071220.n27CK4bE058284@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/132260; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/132260: dhcpd pid not stored in documented location Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 06:48:50 -0500 (EST) On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:40:57 GMT, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> wrote: >>> Number: 132260 >>> Category: docs >>> Synopsis: dhcpd pid not stored in documented location > >>> Description: >> The man page for dhcpd in /usr/local/man/cat8 includes the sentence: >> >> To restart dhcpd, send a SIGTERM (signal 15) to the process ID >> contained in /var/run/dhcpd.pid, and then re-invoke dhcpd. >> >> however the default location for dhcpd.pid seems to be: >> >> /var/run/dhcpd/dhcpd.pid > >> Either change the documentation or the default location. Personally I >> think the location is the problem. What is the point of a directory >> with only one file? The directory doesn't hold the other dhcpd files >> (leases). > > Hi Daniel, > > Which dhcpd port are you using? There is no dhcpd in the base system, > so it would be nice to patch the correct port. Personally, I agree with > you that the pidfile should be `/var/run/dhcpd.pid' and I can prepare a > patch for the relevant port for review by our ports committers. > I should have thought of that - here is the copyright line from the dhcpd we are using: ldap# dhcpd -v Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.5 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. Daniel Feenberg
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