RE: DHCP small problem

[Shaleh]

On 16-May-99 jean-Yves BARBIER wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I'm running under 2.2.7 kernel, using DHCP with my cable modem. Each time I
 forgot to remove the 'dhcp-client' file in
 /var/db,  at reboot dhcp is very very slow and often can't get me my IP
 adresse.
 How can I automatically remove this file at the shutdown?
 (beeing with Linux for less than a month, so I don't know how to program bash
 yet)
 JY

Short term solution:

place a file called clean_dhcp in /etc/init.d.  chmod +x said file

BEGIN
#!/bin/sh

if [ -f /var/db/dhcp-client ]
then
echo Cleaning old old dhcp information
rm -f /var/db/dhcp-client
fi
END

then cd /etc/rcS.d and make a symlink to the clean_dhcp script named
'S60clean_dhcp'.  The name ensures it is run last in that section.

The above script test if the file exists (-f) and if so run echo and rm.  if I
have the file placement wrong, feel free to change the path.

Long term:

Contact the dhcp client maint and have this problem looked into as one should
not have to remove this file.

Re: DHCP small problem

[Bob Bernstein]

jean-Yves BARBIER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I'm running under 2.2.7 kernel, using DHCP with my cable modem. Each time I
 forgot to remove the 'dhcp-client' file in /var/db,  at reboot dhcp is very
 very slow and often can't get me my IP adresse.

Help me out: I am using dhcpcd on a slink-level install, and I don't have
either this file or a problem renegotiating the lease and ip when I reboot.

Am I missing something?


--
Bob Bernstein   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
at
Esmond, R.I., USA

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Re: DHCP small problem

[Shaleh]

On 16-May-99 Bob Bernstein wrote:
 jean-Yves BARBIER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 I'm running under 2.2.7 kernel, using DHCP with my cable modem. Each time I
 forgot to remove the 'dhcp-client' file in /var/db,  at reboot dhcp is very
 very slow and often can't get me my IP adresse.
 
 Help me out: I am using dhcpcd on a slink-level install, and I don't have
 either this file or a problem renegotiating the lease and ip when I reboot.
 
 Am I missing something?
 

I am not experiencing it either.  Unsure as to why he is, which is why I
recommended he mail the maintainer.