dhcpd.leases file is growing out of control after upgrade

Scott Baker bakers at canbytel.com
Mon Aug 5 18:22:57 UTC 2013


On 08/05/2013 11:06 AM, Doug Barton wrote:
> 
> This is your problem. The directory is not writable by the dhcpd user,
> so it cannot swap the leases file while running unprivileged. When you
> restart the server it can write out the new leases file before it drops
> privileges. You should actually be seeing error messages about this in
> your logs.
> 
> Change the owner of the directory to dhcpd and it should work fine.

My previous (working) installation had the same directory permissions,
and it was ok. It's worth a shot though. I'll try it and report back in
a couple of hours.

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Scott Baker - Canby Telcom
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