Dazed_75 wrote:
> RESOLVED !!!
> 
> Ryan had said:
> 
> I found this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/392826 
> via a quick google search so the answer to your question about 
> reordering the script doesn't seem like it would work.
> 
> But I had been looking mostly at the discussion of ordering the elements 
> in /etc/rc?.d/ which I tried several variations for.  When I re-read it 
> and noticed the script attached, it seemed a reasonable work around.
> 
> Jacob Nevins has said:
> 
> I'm also running into this.
> 
> I've bodged around it by putting the attached script in 
> /etc/network/if-up.d/dhcp3-server . I don't claim it's the best 
> solution, or that it should be included in the package, but it works for 
> my situation (where I have a single interface "eth0" explicitly listed 
> in /etc/default/dhcp3-server), so it might be a useful workaround for 
> others.
> 
> The script was:
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> # Kick DHCP server when interface comes up (for Ubuntu, probably Debian too)
> 
> # Workaround for <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/392826>
> # Bugs:
> #  - Only works when interfaces for dhcpd are explicitly listed.
> 
> 
> DHCP_IF=/etc/default/dhcp3-server
> DHCP_INIT=/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server
> 
> [ -f "$DHCP_IF" -a -f "$DHCP_INIT" ] || exit 0
> 
> . "$DHCP_IF"
> 
> if [ "x$INTERFACES" = x ]; then
> 
>     # Don't know which interfaces it manages, always restart
>     restart_dhcp=1
> else
>     restart_dhcp=0
>     for iface in "$INTERFACES"; do
>         if [ "$iface" = "$IFACE" ]; then
> 
>             restart_dhcp=1
>         fi
>     done
> fi
> 
> if [ "$restart_dhcp" = "1" ]; then
>     "$DHCP_INIT" restart
> fi
> 
> 
> It seemed reasonable to try and it worked.  Now there is no need to 
> actually log in and run /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start in order to get 
> the DHCO server running.  Oh, BTW, he was wrong about needing to name 
> the interface to use in /etc/default/dhcp3-server.
> 
> -- 
> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
> 
> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain 
> occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
>  - Thomas Jefferson
> 
> 
While that script appears to work, I don't believe it will work as 
intended. Long story short, [ "" = "" ] is always true, as = is 
assignment. The tests should be [ "" == "" ] . Substitute appropriately, 
and the rest appears ok.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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