I've added a line to my bootclean script:
find . ! -xtype d ! -name utmp ! -name innd.pid \
+ ! -name dhclient.eth0.leases \
-print0 | xargs -0r rm -f -- \
|| { report_err ; return 1 ; }
to preserve the dhclient leases file. (It seems /sbin/ifup puts this in
/var/run.) Yet if it is deleted, dhclient will send a DHCPDISCOVER
message, and my DHCP server will respond with a DHCPOFFER of a different
IP address. This is messy. Preserving the leases file makes dhclient
send a DHCPREQUEST for the previously assigned IP address, and in most
cases the DHCP server will grant the request.
I guess I'm confused: doesn't everyone want their dhcp leases file to
persist between system reboots?
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Sean Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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