Sorry I fat fingered it should be -cf not -fc didn't catch the syntax error
So the actual command should be (assuming your dhcpd.conf is in fact in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf as you indicated below) dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -f Marek Dohojda 720-308-8622 77 68 6f 20 69 73 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 47 61 6c 74 3f 0d 0a -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:52 AM To: cobbler mailing list Subject: RE: *paid install help?*: Cobbler on a OpenVZ container / "dhcpd" failing Thanks Marek. First the outcome of ... dhcpd -fc /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf and then the content of the /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file (but I changed some part of the IP address, as this here is publicly posted). dhcpd -fc /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf -------------- [root@cobbler ~]# dhcpd -fc /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.0-P2 Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. Usage: dhcpd [-p <UDP port #>] [-f] [-d] [-q] [-t|-T] [-4|-6] [-cf config-file] [-lf lease-file] [-tf trace-output-file] [-play trace-input-file] [-pf pid-file] [-s server] [if0 [...ifN]] This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available on ftp.isc.org. Features have been added and other changes have been made to the base software release in order to make it work better with this distribution. Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site: http://bugzilla.redhat.com exiting. -------------------- And the /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file looks like this: ddns-update-style interim; allow booting; allow bootp; ignore client-updates; set vendorclass = option vendor-class-identifier; option domain-name-servers 212.48.123.144, 4.2.2.2; option routers 212.72.124.65; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.192; default-lease-time 21600; max-lease-time 43200; subnet 212.72.124.64 netmask 255.255.255.192 { option routers 212.72.124.65; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.192; filename "/pxelinux.0"; default-lease-time 21600; max-lease-time 43200; next-server 212.72.124.87; } # group for Cobbler DHCP tag: default group { host generic1 { hardware ethernet 00:25:90:26:2A:C0; fixed-address 212.72.165.94; option host-name "s10.basi34.biz"; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.192; option routers 212.72.124.65; filename "/pxelinux.0"; next-server 212.72.124.87; } } _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
