Hi there!

Anyone there can tell me how to automatically enable DHCP server upon boot up? I have already installed DHCP package, already have /etc/dhcpd.conf file. I issue these command to have DHCP running:

1. touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
2. /etc/init.d/dhcpd start
3. chkconfig dhcpd on

The DHCP server is perfectly rinning after the above commands, my windows XP workstation can successfully acquire IP address but when I reboot my Linux and issue "ipconfig /renew" on my workstation it can't acquire IP address. I have to run the above commands again in order for DHCP to get started.

Thanks!

chkconfig dhcpd on should be sufficient. What does 'chkconfig --list | grep dhcpd' show?

Hello Matir,

Thank you for your reply. Yeah, that's what the tutorial is saying. But, I don't know, for some reason my workstation is not acquiring IP address. I will issue that command and check it when I get back home, I'm in the office right now.

Ok, I'm back home..

I lurn on my linux box with, supposed to be, DHCP running after that I turn on my windows XP workstation. Still XP doesn't acquired IP address.

Here's what it shows when I issue 'chkconfig --list | grep dhcpd' command:

[username@r220-101-34-130 ~]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep dhcpd
dhcpd 0ff 1ff 2n 3n 4n 5n 6ff

What does this mean?

What the heck... how can I turn off the emoticons?
The output is '0 semi-colon off' '1 semi-colon off' '2 semi-colon on' and so on and so forth...

Hrrm, that would imply that the dhcpd server should be started in runlevels 2,3,4, and 5. I would assume you're not booting your system into single user mode, right?

(oh, and if you use the non-quick reply mechanism, there's a button to disable smilies).

I had a problem getting DHCP running at home. I editted the rc.local file. I don't remember what I put in, but I think it was "/etc/init.d/dhcpd start &"

I'll check when I get home. This was in Slackware 10.0

Hope this helps.

F_M

Yes, I created 2 users for testing purposes.. I noticed that, while I'm booting my linux box and I click on show details, the 'touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases' command has an error of "permission denied" and so the '/etc/init.d/dhcpd start' will fail to load - I assumed. What do I have to do now?

C'mon, I know somebody knows how to do this..

What are the permissions on /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases?

I think the permission is:

-rw-r--r-- root root

I'm in the office right now but I'm pretty much sure of the permission above because I've tried chmod it to 'a+x' yesterday (not sure if that's the right thing) but nothing happened. Next thing I will do is to chmod it to 'a+w'. Do you think that will solve the problem?

Thanks!

I think that if you su first, and then do the "touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases" it will work. Basically all this is doing is creating a blank dhcpd.leases file. Once you do the touch, you can exit out of root.

F_M

P.S. Sorry about not getting back to this sooner, I was leaving on vacation and time got away from me.