I am running a dhcp server on FC3. The server is completely configured as I need it to be except for starting at boot.

The dhcp is serving on two seperate downstream nics using two networks. There is also one upstream nic that is currently not enabled. (need to get the MAC registred with the upstream dhcp...)

If I use the Service Configuration GUI to enable dhcpd on startup at every run level the daemon will not respond to dhcp requests. I can check to make sure the daemon is actually running and I get a valid pid however any dhcp requests on that network are not answered.

If instead I kill that process and manaully start a new process from either "/usr/sbin/dhcpd" or "/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd" the server daemon will start properly and respond to all requests.

Any idea what could be the problem? Is there a way that I could have the startup run the daemon with the -d -f switches in a terminal so that I could view any errors or atleast see what it is doing?

Or can anyone tell me why it doesn't run correctly from startup but will from the manual command?

Have you looked at /var/log/messages to see what DHCP says when it starts ?

This would be a good place to start trying to figure out why its not working.