Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ifupdown
In http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/lucid/ifupdown/lucid/annotate/head:/inet.defn line 84. The execution of udhcpc is always with -n: -n, --now Exit with failure if a lease cannot be obtained. So, on ifup [iface], if the network interface is not plugged in, the client will exit. No retry. This behavior is different than using dhclient3: # dhclient3 eth1 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3 Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth1/00:d0:c9:b7:75:ff Sending on LPF/eth1/00:d0:c9:b7:75:ff Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on vlan3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on vlan3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on vlan3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on vlan3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on vlan3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18 DHCPDISCOVER on vlan3 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. ** Affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Using udhcpc, no retry on fail to get a lease from server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641421 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs