can dhcpd keep working when encountering a syntax error

[Philippe Maechler]

we use the -t option (syntax check) to check if the conf file looks ok and
if so, then we restart the service. if the syntax is not ok, we report the
error by mail

the downside to this is, that the daemon reports the copyright notice and
an unexpirienced worker tought, that there is a problem because the service
was so often restarted. we did adjust the logging and now everything works
fine

hth
philippe

Pat Dery <patrick.fortin at derytelecom.ca> schrieb am Mi., 2. Sept. 2020,
17:25:

> Hi
>
> is it possible to configure dhcpd to keep working when the dhcpd.conf
> contains a syntax error
>
> for example if someone enters the mac address : aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:gg by
> mistake
>
> at reload the whole service stops and can't restart until someone corrects
> the error
>
> we would like it if it would continue serving ip and reporting the error in
> the log file
>
> maybe a major warning in the log instead of stopping , something like that
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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