From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 10 6:10:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A58BC37B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:10:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust47.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02BF643F3F for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:10:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 18Wzrl-0002z7-00; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:10:33 +0000 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:10:33 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Dario Freni Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient in background? Message-ID: <20030110141033.GA11441@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Dario Freni , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20030110114622.6ac1264d.saturnero@freesbie.org> <1042202613.936.7.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> <20030110132955.GB6529@submonkey.net> <20030110150357.577dd69c.saturnero@libero.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030110150357.577dd69c.saturnero@libero.it> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. X-message-flag-attribution: suresh, sdm. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:03:57PM +0100, Dario Freni wrote: > Reply to both and in ML > > > > You could use the timeout option in dhclient.conf.. > > IMHO it's a risk. > > > From man dhclient: > > > > The client can also be instructed to become a daemon imme- > > diately, rather than waiting until it has acquired an IP > > address. This can be done by supplying the -nw flag. > > Read -n explanation. We've just tried -nw and it didn't setup the > network interface -n -w != -nw > > Oh, this belongs on -questions, by the way. > > No, mine was a request for feature, not (only) a support question. Probably belongs on an ISC list then ;) Ceri -- From the mines of the greataxe I come! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message