Add a new subnet and apply it without stopping and starting dhcpd

winsor at ukrhub.net winsor at ukrhub.net
Tue Sep 30 05:49:04 UTC 2014



> Dear All,
> Is it possible to add a new subnet and apply it without stopping and starting dhcpd ?
>  Thanks and regards
> Abdul Khader

answer from the official doc site:

At this time, the dhcpd server doesn't have any reload mechanism. It doesn't handle HUP signal nor have a 'soft' reconfiguration method. The server has to be stopped and restarted.

And, from debian "service script":
restart | force-reload)
                test_config
                $0 stop
                sleep 2
                $0 start

which confirms the above statement... Therefore, when you restart the first recommended to check configurtion file: dhcpd -t -T
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