Re: Any plans for dhcp client support?
[email protected] Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:08:38 +0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.openwall.user |
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On 07-Oct-2011 04:09:15 +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> > Are there any plans to include dhcp client support by default?
> Since you say "by default", I assume that you're aware that you
> currently can enable DHCP client support at your own risk by
> editing one line in dhcp.spec.
> # We do not officially support the DHCP client because it is
> # rather complicated, yet it runs entirely as root
> %define BUILD_DHCP_CLIENT 0
TWIMC: running `dhclient -1 eth0` ("try once") is generally safe,
as it doesn't leave dhclient running as a daemon.
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