Bug 46531

Summary:	DHCP server and relay startup and configuration
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Linh Pham <question>
Component:	conf	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	4.7-STABLE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Linh Pham 2002-12-26 02:30:01 UTC

Although ISC-DHCP is included in the base install of FreeBSD 4.x, I've noticed
that there is no facility in rc.conf to start up either the DHCP server nor
the relay agent, nor are there any example configuration files under /etc.

Fix: 

I would like to propose adding the facilities to init and rc so that one can
start either the included DHCP server daemon and/or the relay agent by adding
lines to /etc/rc.conf. The variables could be something like:

dhcpd_enable="YES|NO"
dhcpd_flags=""
dhcpd_config="/etc/dhcpd.conf"

dhcrelay_enable="YES|NO"
dhcrelay_flags=""

Then add the necessary lines in /etc/rc.network to parse the variables and
start the daemon or the relay agent if enabled. Also, the ISC-DHCP port under
net/isc-dhcp3 installs an example dhcpd.conf file that the user can base a
the daemon's configuration on. The port also installs startup script examples
under /usr/local/etc and /usr/local/etc/rc.d that could be used as the basis
for the startup bits under /etc/rc.network.

I think this will reduce the need of having to install the port or even
require the person to figure out how to start the services and configure them
and lead to even more messages sent to -questions or -newbies.
How-To-Repeat: Did a grep on /etc/defaults/rc.conf for the DHCP daemon and the relay agent
and found no entry for it, nor found dhcpd.conf under /etc.

Comment 1 setantae 2002-12-26 13:20:55 UTC

On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 06:28:14PM -0800, Linh Pham wrote:

> Although ISC-DHCP is included in the base install of FreeBSD 4.x, I've noticed
> that there is no facility in rc.conf to start up either the DHCP server nor
> the relay agent, nor are there any example configuration files under /etc.

Only the client is included in the base system, dhcpd and dhcrelay are not.

Ceri
-- 
By the fierce brothers of the Creator, your destruction is here!

Comment 2 Linh Pham 2002-12-26 15:19:35 UTC

On 2002-12-26 13:20 +0000, Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote:

# Only the client is included in the base system, dhcpd and dhcrelay are not.

Oops... is there a reason for it not being included in the base system?

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Comment 3 setantae 2002-12-27 21:34:22 UTC

On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 07:19:35AM -0800, Linh Pham wrote:
> On 2002-12-26 13:20 +0000, Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote:
> 
> # Only the client is included in the base system, dhcpd and dhcrelay are not.
> 
> Oops... is there a reason for it not being included in the base system?

I'm not sure, but I suspect it's for the same reasons that there's no httpd
in the base system.

Ceri
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In the name of my elders, the valiant brothers, and the forge!

Comment 4 Ceri Davies freebsd_committer

2002-12-27 21:34:50 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

dhcpd and dhcrelay are not part of the base system, and therefore 
starting them out of rc.network is not practical.