DHCP server config issues
 

Can some tell me why I get this error message?

/etc/dhcpd.conf line 0: expecting a parameter or declaration

dhcpd.conf file is (example copied off the web)


# Sample /etc/dhcpd.conf
# (add your comments here)
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
option routers 192.168.1.254;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2;
option domain-name "mydomain.org";

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.100;
range 192.168.1.150 192.168.1.200;
}

appreciate your assistance.

Mahen

It is something invisible. Could it be that the lines end with CR-LF, as in DOS, and dhcpd expects only LF, as in unix?

Try 'hexdump -c /etc/dhcpd.conf'. CR is \r and LF is \n.

I used your configuration in my Slackware and it worked. The daemon only prompted me of adding a ddns-update-style in the global section. Here is my complete test dhcpd.conf which was originally derived from you.

Below is what it shows when dhcpd is started.

And below is my transaction log report. I was able to obtain a lease and connect a windows client.

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I hope you have these two lines on your dhcpd.conf file on top
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;