Bob,
I tracked down a FC3 boot partition here. It looks like Fedora used
dhclient through Core 3 and then switched to the updated and renamed
version John mentioned.
-Mike
On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 16:43 -0800, John Schmidt wrote:
> Fedora Core 4 uses dhcp6c, which is really dhclient.
> :
>
> dhcp6c(8) Linux System Managerâs Manual
> dhcp6c(8)
>
> NAME
> dhcp6c - DHCPv6 client daemon
>
> SYNOPSIS
> dhcp6c [-dDf] [-r all | <ipv6 addresses>] [-R <ipv6 addresses>] [-c
> <configuration file>] [-I] interface
>
> DESCRIPTION
> dhcp6c is an implementation of the DHCPv6 client.
>
> Using DHCPv6 messages and DHCPv6 options, dhcp6c is used to request
> and configure IPv6 addresses and host network
> configuration information (i.e. DNS) for a network interface from the
> DHCPv6 server. It can also be used as a
> requesting router to request and configure Prefix Delegation for a
> subnet.
>
> The assigned IPv6 addresses and prefixes are saved as
> /var/lib/dhcpv6/client6.leasesXXXXXX; this file is used to
> request the same addresses and prefixes from the DHCPv6 server. Each
> dhcp6c client has a client DHCP Unique Identi-
> fier (DUID); the DUID file is saved as /var/lib/dhcpv6/dhcp6c_duid.
> The dhcp6c client configuration is defined in
> /etc/dhcp6c.conf.
>
> Also note that they use chclient-script for configuration.
> dhclient-script(8)
> dhclient-script(8)
>
> NAME
> dhclient-script - DHCP client network configuration script
>
> DESCRIPTION
> The DHCP client network configuration script is invoked from time to
> time by dhclient(8). This script is used by
> the dhcp client to set each interfaceâs initial configuration prior to
> requesting an address, to test the address
> once it has been offered, and to set the interfaceâs final
> configuration once a lease has been acquired. If no
> lease is acquired, the script is used to test predefined leases, if
> any, and also called once if no valid lease can
> be identified.
> //jjs
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> 541.687.9006
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:31 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Eug-lug] Quick question for Fedora users
>
> What DHCP client does Fedora use by default?
>
> Could someone running Fedora take a quick look at your system and tell
> me? The most likely candidates are dhcpcd, dhclient or pump.
>
> Thanks.
>
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