dhcpcd is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in RFC2131. This is useful for connecting your computer to a network which uses DHCP to assign network addresses.
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Install dhcpcd by running the following commands:
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
To configure dhcpcd, you need to first
install the network service script, /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/dhcpcd
included in the blfs-bootscripts-20080816 package (as
user root
):
make install-service-dhcpcd
Whenever dhcpcd
configures or shuts down a network interface, it executes the
script /etc/dhcpcd.sh
. This script
can be customized to perform additional actions for the network
interface. See the man page of dhcpcd for more details. An
example file is shipped in the tarball which can be used to send
the interface details to syslog.
Finally, as the
root
user create the /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/dhcpcd
configuration file using the following commands. Adjust
appropriately for additional interfaces:
install -v -d /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 &&
cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/dhcpcd << "EOF"
ONBOOT="yes"
SERVICE="dhcpcd"
DHCP_START="<insert appropriate start options here>
"
DHCP_STOP="-k <insert additional stop options here>
"
# Set PRINTIP="yes" to have the script print
# the DHCP assigned IP address
PRINTIP="no"
# Set PRINTALL="yes" to print the DHCP assigned values for
# IP, SM, DG, and 1st NS. This requires PRINTIP="yes".
PRINTALL="no"
EOF
For more information on the appropriate DHCP_START
and DHCP_STOP
values, examine the man page for
dhcpcd.
Last updated on 2008-03-18 10:49:58 -0500