Hi
I am using Centos 5. I have downloaded dhcpd server rpm and installed in my system. I have two LAN ports. When i start the service i am getting FAILED.

[root@localhost ~]# service dhcpd start
Starting dhcpd: [FAILED]
[root@localhost ~]#

The configuration file is as below...
#
# DHCP Server Configuration file.
# see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample
#

ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

# --- default gateway
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

# option nis-domain "domain.org";
# option domain-name "domain.org";
option domain-name-servers 203.122.63.152,203.122.63.154;
option log-servers 192.168.0.1;
option time-servers 192.168.0.1;


option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time
# option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1;
# option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
# --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change this unless
# -- you understand Netbios very well
# option netbios-node-type 2;

range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.254;
default-lease-time 864000;
max-lease-time 864000;

# we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address
host ns {
next-server marvin.redhat.com;
hardware ethernet 12:34:56:78:AB:CD;
fixed-address 207.175.42.254;
}
}


I am unable to resolve this issue. Can anyone please help me to start the service.

What do your logs indicate the problem is? [FAILED] tells us nothing, the logs should indicate if there's an issue with the config itself.

Please post the syslog for the dhcp message.

Most likely it can't tell what eth to run on.

I don't know much about CentOS but on Debian you need something like
INTERFACES="eth1";
in the conf. file.

Also check to make sure you have all the semi-colons in the right places. That will cause an error too. Looks ok...

Yeah, current config looks okay but a little mistype and it will tell you in the logs. DHCPD is pretty good about telling you what's wrong. That's what logs are for anyways, they're pointless if they don't tell you anything..