simple DHCP

paul_mat · 03-30-2006, 07:42 PM

hi there,

i'm trying to get dhcp started on my Fedora core 5 box but at the moment i can't get it working at all ...

this is my dhcpd.conf

default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 604800;
get-lease-hostnames true;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.250;
}

when i go to start it this is what i get

[root@fedora log]# /etc/init.d/dhcpd start
Starting dhcpd: [FAILED]

i can't see any reason for it, can someone esle, also i don't see any dhcp log file in /var/log/

can someone help me out?

chrisortiz · 03-30-2006, 08:35 PM

everything you put in is correct, its just that they should be arranged something like this

Code:


subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
     range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.250;
     option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
     default-lease-time 86400;
     max-lease-time 604800;
     get-lease-hostnames true; 
}

notice that the options for that paticular subnet are in brackets "{}"

lurker79 · 03-31-2006, 08:50 AM

Have you managed to fix this?
If not, is there anything useful in /var/log/messages?
On FC5 don't forget that you have SELinux which may cause you a problem, the dhcpd.conf file would have to have the correct selinux context for the dhcp daemon to access it.