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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 index a12952f..e0797ef 100644 --- a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 +++ b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 @@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ .\" Enterprises. To learn more about the Internet Software Consortium, .\" see ``http://www.isc.org/isc''. To learn more about Vixie .\" Enterprises, see ``http://www.vix.com''. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" .Dd April 7, 2004 .Dt DHCLIENT 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm dhclient -.Nd Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Client +.Nd "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl dqu @@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ should attempt to configure must be specified on the command line. .Pp The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width "-p port" +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl c Ar file" .It Fl c Ar file Specify an alternate location, .Ar file , @@ -110,11 +113,12 @@ In order to keep track of leases across system reboots and server restarts, .Nm keeps a list of leases it has been assigned in the -.Pa /var/db/dhclient.leases.IFNAME +.Pa /var/db/dhclient.leases. Ns Ar IFNAME file. -.Qq IFNAME +.Ar IFNAME represents the network interface of the DHCP client -.Pq e.g. em0 , +(e.g., +.Li em0 ) , one for each interface. On startup, after reading the .Xr dhclient.conf 5 @@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ Old leases are kept around in case the DHCP server is unavailable when is first invoked (generally during the initial system boot process). In that event, old leases from the -.Pa dhclient.leases.IFNAME +.Pa dhclient.leases. Ns Ar IFNAME file which have not yet expired are tested, and if they are determined to be valid, they are used until either they expire or the DHCP server becomes available. @@ -149,18 +153,20 @@ database, so that the host can boot quickly on that network rather than cycling through the list of old leases. .Sh NOTES You must have the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) configured in your kernel. +The .Nm +utility requires at least one .Pa /dev/bpf* -file for each broadcast network interface that is attached to your system. +device for each broadcast network interface that is attached to your system. See .Xr bpf 4 for more information. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /var/db/dhclient.leases.IFNAME~ -compact +.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/db/dhclient.leases. Ns Ar IFNAME" -compact .It Pa /etc/dhclient.conf DHCP client configuration file -.It Pa /var/db/dhclient.leases.IFNAME +.It Pa /var/db/dhclient.leases. Ns Ar IFNAME database of acquired leases .El .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -171,7 +177,10 @@ database of acquired leases .Xr dhcpd 8 , .Xr dhcrelay 8 .Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The .Nm +utility was written by .An Ted Lemon Aq mellon@fugue.com and |
