I'm encountering the same thing on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04. Here is what happens right after a reboot: jeff@bridges:~$ ll /run/ | grep dhcp jeff@bridges:~$ sudo systemctl status isc-dhcp-server [sudo] password for jeff: ● isc-dhcp-server.service - ISC DHCP IPv4 server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/isc-dhcp-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-04-28 23:59:43 MST; 11s ago Docs: man:dhcpd(8) Main PID: 1374 (dhcpd) Tasks: 4 (limit: 19047) Memory: 6.9M CGroup: /system.slice/isc-dhcp-server.service └─1374 dhcpd -user dhcpd -group dhcpd -f -4 -pf /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges dhcpd[1374]: Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges dhcpd[1374]: Listening on LPF/enp2s0/2c:60:0c:c6:a4:be/192.168.1.0/24 Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges sh[1374]: Listening on LPF/enp2s0/2c:60:0c:c6:a4:be/192.168.1.0/24 Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges sh[1374]: Sending on LPF/enp2s0/2c:60:0c:c6:a4:be/192.168.1.0/24 Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges sh[1374]: Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges sh[1374]: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid: No such file or directory. Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges dhcpd[1374]: Sending on LPF/enp2s0/2c:60:0c:c6:a4:be/192.168.1.0/24 Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges dhcpd[1374]: Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges dhcpd[1374]: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid: No such file or directory. Apr 28 23:59:44 bridges dhcpd[1374]: Server starting service. jeff@bridges:~$ sudo systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server jeff@bridges:~$ ll /run/ | grep dhcp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 29 00:00 dhcp-server/ jeff@bridges:~$ ll /run/dhcp-server/ total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 29 00:00 ./ drwxr-xr-x 39 root root 1140 Apr 29 00:00 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Apr 29 00:00 dhcpd.pid I can hardcode the PID file names like Nicorac above mentions, but I'd rather things just work out of the box without needing to apply random workarounds like that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448657 Title: isc-dhcp-server: Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server/dhcpd.pid: Permission denied To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/1448657/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs