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Bug #1057

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dhclient deletes ifaddr, then fails

Added by corecode over 16 years ago. Updated over 16 years ago.

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Description

Hey,

considering this sequence:

dhclient fxp0

now we have ip address & everything is fine. dhclient keeps running

dhclient fxp0

returns error 1. in syslog, it complains about the address already
beeing taken, because of the running dhlient. However, it will set the
ip address of fxp0 to 0.0.0.0. Now I'm left with an unusable system.

killall dhclient
    dhclient fxp0

now it works again.

cheers
simon

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 #1

Updated by sepherosa over 16 years ago

Use a pid file in /var to lock out multi dhclients on the same interface?

Best Regards,
sephe

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 #2

Updated by dillon over 16 years ago

:Hey,
:
:considering this sequence:
:
: dhclient fxp0
:
:now we have ip address & everything is fine. dhclient keeps running
:
: dhclient fxp0
:
:returns error 1. in syslog, it complains about the address already
:beeing taken, because of the running dhlient. However, it will set the
:ip address of fxp0 to 0.0.0.0. Now I'm left with an unusable system.
:
: killall dhclient
: dhclient fxp0
:
:now it works again.
:
:cheers
: simon

I think it has always done that.  If you run dhclient while one is
    already running it explodes the network interface.  Feel free to
    fix the code :-)
-Matt
                    Matthew Dillon 
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 #3

Updated by hasso over 16 years ago

We have a new dhclient.

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