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| author | brian <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-08-17 17:12:27 +0000 |
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| committer | brian <brian@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-08-17 17:12:27 +0000 |
| commit | a3922ffaf600bcd06d7363d5e87ff9289859ce65 (patch) | |
| tree | f87350c5fc4681fa51e1fc97c0a3407d6bd3efc2 /sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 | |
| parent | 8dcb0483a6e8eff67cf2fb1309ec730ae1f05773 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a3922ffaf600bcd06d7363d5e87ff9289859ce65.zip FreeBSD-src-a3922ffaf600bcd06d7363d5e87ff9289859ce65.tar.gz | |
Add a -p switch to dhclient. The switch tells dhclient to persist
despite the interface link status.
Add dhclient_flags_iface and background_dhclient_iface rc.conf options.
(where iface is a specific interface). These can be used to give
interface specific flags to dhclient.
Reviewed by: brooks@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 index 281159f..bbe922f 100644 --- a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 +++ b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ .Nd "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl bdqu +.Op Fl bdpqu .Op Fl c Ar file .Op Fl l Ar file .Ar interface @@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ will revert to running in the background. Specify an alternate location, .Ar file , for the leases file. +.It Fl p +Tells dhclient to persist in trying to configure the interface, despite +an inability to gain carrier. +This is used to survive switch outages and when dhclient is required as +soon as the cable is connected. .It Fl q Forces .Nm |
