DHCP Server Configuration Problem

[Glenn Satchell]

Try the command

  man dhcpd
  
it gives all the options to dhcpd, so create the directory for the
leases file, then create an initial dhcpd.leases. This will get filled
in by dhcpd as it gives out IP addresses.

  sudo mkdir /var/db
  sudo touch /var/db/dhcpd.leases
  sudo /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -cf /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf -lf 
/var/db/dhcpd.leases

regards,
-glenn

>Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:09:33 +0000 (GMT)
>From: DÔ Phan-Cam-Thach <dophancamthach at yahoo.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: DHCP Server Configuration Problem
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>
>I have tried it, and the resultat returned is:
>"can't  open lease database /var/db/dhcpd.leases/no such file or directory"
>And in fact there is no folder whose name is db in /var.
>I have search for the file lease and it is in /usr/local/share/man/man5, but 
the name is dhcpd.leases.5. I found that there is nothing important inside, just 
the explaination of what the file dhcpd.lease is. However, i tried this command:
>sudo /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -lf /usr/local/share/man/man5/dhcpd.leases.5
>It return a resultat "can not open /etc/dhcpd.conf: no such file or directory" 
(there is not this file in /etc).
>I have created a file named dhcpd.leases in other folder et tried the command 
above. It gave the same resultat.
>
> 
>DO Phan Cam Thach
>email: dophancamthach at yahoo.co.uk
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: y vasavi <y_vasavi at yahoo.com>
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>Sent: Monday, 26 May, 2008 4:12:45 PM
>Subject: Re: DHCP Server Configuration Problem
>
>
>can you try 
> 
>sudo /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -cf /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf
>
>--- On Mon, 5/26/08, DÔ Phan-Cam-Thach <dophancamthach at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>From: DÔ Phan-Cam-Thach <dophancamthach at yahoo.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: DHCP Server Configuration Problem
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>Date: Monday, May 26, 2008, 7:32 PM
>
>
>If there were the files in the rights folders as u mentionned, il should be 
start, the server. But there are nor file dhcpd.conf in /etc, neither file dhcpd 
in /etc/init.d (i have talked about this in the precedent lettre). There is a 
file dhcpd in /usr/local/sbin and dhcpd.conf in /usr/local/etc. i went to that 
folder to use the command:
> 
>dhcpd start/stop
> 
>There was a warning "can't open /etc/dhcpd.conf/ no such file or directory"
> 
>It also seems that it must have a file dhcpd.conf in /etc for apply the 
configuration for the interfaces. So i have created a file whose name like that 
and try to put the infos in it. All seemed to be normal till the time i tried to 
enregister my modification. The system didnt accpet to enregister it.
>
>Hope now you undestand my problem and thank you so much for your answers.
> 
>DO Phan Cam Thach
>email: dophancamthach at yahoo.co.uk
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Simon Hobson <dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk>
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>Sent: Monday, 26 May, 2008 2:58:51 PM
>Subject: Re: DHCP Server Configuration Problem
>
>DÔ Phan-Cam-Thach wrote:
>
>>My distribution est Ubuntu 8.04. I installed 
>>dhcpd from source sur le site de isc. And i have 
>>tried with sudo, so i was in the root mode.
>>
>>I haven't found the file dhcpd.conf in /etc/init.d either.
>
>You are confusing the program (and scripts to 
>start/stop it) with the config file.
>
>The default location for the config file is 
>/etc/dhcpd.conf, and it should be sufficient to 
>type "dhcpd" to start the server. You do NOT type 
>"./dhcpd" unless you are in the directory where 
>the binary is located, nor do you try to execute 
>dhcpd.conf.
>
>I think you will find it easier to use the 
>packaged binary as that will provide scripts for 
>controlling the server and save you the effort of 
>writing those, and any dependencies will be taken 
>care of for you. Since you are using Ubuntu which 
>is Debian based, the packaged version would place 
>the config file at /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf, and you 
>would control the program by using 
>/etc/init.d/dhcpd - eg to start the service you 
>would type "/etc/init.d/dhcpd start", to stop it 
>you would type "/etc/init.d/dhcpd stop" and so on.
>
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