From 39ecffb4d39035278e07278ab02fd7f65669f76b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:58:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some text about having to *explicitly* enable isc-dhcpd in rc.conf to make sure the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh script will truly start a DHCP server process when run as: # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh start Submitted by: Mark Space --- .../books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml index b1a2621ab8..74b54df98f 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml @@ -2848,8 +2848,19 @@ host mailhost { Once you have finished writing your - dhcpd.conf, you can proceed to start the - server by issuing the following command: + dhcpd.conf, + you should enable the DHCP server in + /etc/rc.conf, i.e. by adding: + + dhcpd_enable="YES" +dhcpd_ifaces="dc0" + + Replace the dc0 interface name with the + interface (or interfaces, separated by whitespace) that your DHCP + server should listen on for DHCP client requests. + + Then, you can proceed to start the server by issuing the + following command: &prompt.root; /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh start