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Re: dhcpd.leases and rough edges in a fresh install



On 4/2/09, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:57:03 +0200 (CEST)
>  Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost> wrote:
>
>  > On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Tyler Retzlaff wrote:
>  > > comments?
>  >
>  > Add something like
>  >
>  > dhcpcd_precmd*(
>  > {
>  >       if [ ! -f /var/run/dhcpd.leases ]; then
>  >               install -c -m 644 /dev/null /var/db/dhcpd.leases
>  >       fi
>  > }
>  >
>  > (untested, but considered worthwhile!)
>  >
>
> My question is this: clearly, dhcpd could have been done the equivalent
>  itself, with little effort.  It doesn't -- why not?  Is there something
>  we lose by doing it ourselves?
>

It is ridiculous that dhcpd doesn't do this, actually, especially when
you use the -lf flag to change the leases file location.


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