Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> > I know of at least four DHCP clients and I avoid dhclient as much as
> > possible. It would be a tremendous mistake to tie OpenVPN to any one
> > DHCP client IMO.
> 
> Only D is tied to dhclient.  A, B, and C, work fine with any dhcp
> client daemon.  (Or A does anyway, B and C require configuration file
> support for the interface.  I assume this is a common property of
> dhcp clients.)

Actually no, neither dhcpcd nor pump nor udhcpc uses one.


> It would be nice not to force use of a particular client.

I think it's neccessary.


> Given that.  Why not just use -up and --down to do what's
> needed?  Avoid changing the code and write documentation.

Agree completely. This is how I've been using OpenVPN for years
already.


//Peter

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