Fwd: Please help DHCP server

[me_hendrix]

I have tried...giving the full path but it does not work...
i am stuck on this for a long time now...can someone please gimme some
pointers
heres the screen shot (copied one)


Baba at Mrinal /cygdrive/d/dhcpcygwin/dhcp-3.0.1rc11
$ ls
ANONCVS         Makefile.conf  common     dst                 relay
CHANGES         Makefile.dist  configure  example-dhcpd.conf  server
COPYRIGHT       README         contrib    includes            site.conf
CYGWIN-PATCHES  RELNOTES       dhcpctl    minires             tests
Makefile        client         doc        omapip              work.cygwin

Baba at Mrinal /cygdrive/d/dhcpcygwin/dhcp-3.0.1rc11
$ cd /usr

Baba at Mrinal /usr
$ ls
X11R6  doc             i686-pc-mingw32  info  local  sbin   src
bin    i686-pc-cygwin  include          lib   man    share  tmp

Baba at Mrinal /usr
$ cd sbin

Baba at Mrinal /usr/sbin
$ ls
alternatives.exe  bigram.exe     dhcpd        frcode.exe  rmt.exe
backup            code.exe       dhcrelay     makewhatis
update-alternatives
backup.sh         cygserver.exe  dump-remind  restore

Baba at Mrinal /usr/sbin
$ dhcpd -t
bash: dhcpd: command not found


On 11/29/06, Tim Peiffer <peiffer at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> Your screen shot did not carry through the listserv.
>
> Your problem is likely a path problem.  I invoke the server with the
> full path spelled out, i.e, /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd.  The patch mentioned
> in the article you referenced offered a hint at a different installation
> path
>
>         #CLIENTBINDIR = /opt/sbin
>
> So, dhcpd will likely be in /opt/sbin/dhcpd.
>
> Tim
>
> me_hendrix wrote:
> > Hi ,
> > I am student and am working on DHCP on windows(cygwin).
> > Initially i followed the steps that have been mentioned on
> > http://www.angelfire.com/linux/skip/dhcp/ and changed the
> > dhcpd.confaccording to my needs and it worked perfectly well.
> > But now when i try to start my DHCP server using the "dhcpd" command, it
> > says command not found.
> >
> > I have searched for many hours in vain regarding this.
> > Can anyone please guide me on this.
> > I am attaching a sreenshot regarding this.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mrinal Khanvilkar
> >
> >
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