Hi!
Thanks Axalon for your quick reaction to my big provocation! (I was sure
that saying Microsoft would give something! =))
Anyway, the new /sbin/ifup would be *even* better if instead of :
if [ -n "$DHCP" ]; then
echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
if /sbin/dhcpcd -i $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME ; then
echo " done."
else
echo " failed."
exit 1
fi
We were doing a test to avoid the message that says that there is already a
"/var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid" file. The problem is that if your computer
crashes, the "/sbin/ifdown ${DEVICE}" is not deleted, and thus on the
reboot, you don't get any IP.
I mean : if your PC crashes, it is like running twice "/sbin/ifup eth0". On
the second time, you don't get any IP.
I think that you could do :
if [ -n "$DHCP" ]; then
if [ -f /var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid ]; then
OLD_PID=`cat /var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid`
kill `ps ax|grep dhcpcd|grep $OLD_PID|cut -b 1-5`
rm -f /var/run/dhcpcd-${DEVICE}.pid
fi
echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
if /sbin/dhcpcd -h $HOSTNAME $DEVICE ; then
echo " done."
else
echo " failed."
exit 1
fi
Please see also the change in the call of dhcpcd. The "-i" parameter isn't
the same as for "pump". It doesn't describe the name of the interface
(Please see "man dhcpcd").
Thanks for staying cool while I wasn't... Correct the above and I promise
that I'll never bother you with dhcpcd again. =)
Gregus
