about /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0.leases

[hitesh sharma]

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 hi David , =0D
                 thanks to u ..............=0D
                           i have one more query, which way will be good =
to
store the lease information , two diff. file(eth0,eth1) or one common fil=
e.=0D
 Some time , my dhclient.leases file updated , n some time one of the
different files(one of the dhclient-eth0/1.leases).=0D
If  i want to use two different file , then will hv to create them my me =
,
or anything else? =0D
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2).  If i use the fixed-address , when there is no dhcp server in lan , t=
hen
what happen when a server comes into lan ? will client automatically dete=
ct
that , or what?=0D
             and how to define to leases of that fixed address?=0D
             and again , if my machine boot with fixed-address , there is=
 no
entry in any leases file , it is right or what ?  =0D
                                     eagerly waiting for ur reply.......=0D
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                           Hitesh Sharma=0D
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-------Original Message-------=0D
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From: dhcp-users at isc.org=0D
Date: 02/02/07 22:06:53=0D
To: dhcp-users at isc.org=0D
Subject: Re: about /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0.leases=0D
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 08:47:56PM +0530, hitesh sharma wrote:=0D
>              i m using the dhclient on redhat , i want to know tht waht=
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> /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0.leases file . bcz in all documents , it sho=
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>  ,=0D
> there shud be only one filr named  /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases.=3D0D=0D
>  waht is importance of dhclient-eth0.leases file there.?=3D0D=0D
>  thanks=3D0D=0D
>                         hitesh sharma=0D
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dhclient was designed to have only a single daemon allocate=0D
addresses for all interfaces.  As a result, the daemon only=0D
recognizes one dhclient.leases file.=0D
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Meanwhile, the model employed by operating systems in bringing=0D
network interfaces up and down is on a per-interface basis.=0D
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So if Redhat's system integrators ran dhclient twice without=0D
specifying different dhclient.leases files as a command line=0D
option, there would be problems.  The two daemons would compete=0D
for the file, overwriting each other's output.=0D
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--=0D
David W. Hankins "If you don't do it right the first time,=0D
Software Engineer you'll just have to do it again."=0D
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. -- Jack T. Hankins=0D
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