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

Abdul Khader akhader at gmail.com
Tue Sep 30 06:09:02 UTC 2014


Is it in the roadmap to implement reload ?
Thanks Winsor for your detailed reply.
 On Sep 30, 2014 9:49 AM, <winsor at ukrhub.net> wrote:

>
>
> > 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
> --
> ANK32-RIPE
>
>
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