isc-dhcp41-server fails to start

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Wed May 4 17:49:46 UTC 2011


	System:

FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Apr 18 11:59:37 EDT 2011 amd64 

	I have this in /etc/rc.conf:

dhcpd_enable="YES"				# dhcpd enabled?
dhcpd_flags="-q"				# command option(s)
dhcpd_conf="/usr/local/etc/jerusalem.dhcpd.conf"	# configuration file
dhcpd_ifaces="em1"				# ethernet interface(s)
dhcpd_withumask="022"			# file creation mask
dhcpd_chuser_enable="YES"		# runs w/o privileges?
dhcpd_withuser="dhcpd"		# user name to run as
dhcpd_withgroup="dhcpd"		# group name to run as
dhcpd_chroot_enable="YES"		# runs chrooted?
dhcpd_devfs_enable="YES"		# use devfs if available?
dhcpd_rootdir="/var/db/dhcpd"	# directory to run in
dhcpd_includedir=""	# directory with config-files to include

	With isc-dhcp41 server successfully built and installed,
attempts to run it produce:

Starting dhcpd.
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd: WARNING: failed to start dhcpd

	I can't find a log file with more information.
	The dhcpd.conf is appended.
	Would some generous person let me know what I've bungled?


				Robert Huff


# dhcpd.conf
#
# Edited configuration file for ISC dhcpd
#
#  Edit history:
#	Created		2011-05-04	RH
#
#

# option definitions common to all supported networks...
#option domain-name "example.org";
#option domain-name-servers ns1.example.org, ns2.example.org;

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

# Use this to enble / disable dynamic dns updates globally.
#ddns-update-style none;

# If this DHCP server is the official DHCP server for the local
# network, the authoritative directive should be uncommented.
authoritative;

# Use this to send dhcp log messages to a different log file (you also
# have to hack syslog.conf to complete the redirection).
log-facility local7;

# No service will be given on this subnet, but declaring it helps the 
# DHCP server to understand the network topology.

subnet 10.152.187.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
}

# This is a very basic subnet declaration.

#subnet 10.254.239.0 netmask 255.255.255.224 {
#  range 10.254.239.10 10.254.239.20;
#  option routers rtr-239-0-1.example.org, rtr-239-0-2.example.org;
#}

subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  range 10.0.0.32 10.0.0.64;
  option subnet-mask 255.0.0.0
  option routers 10.0.0.1;
  option domain-name-servers 10.0.0.1;
  option domain-name "scallop.org":
  default-lease-time 84600;  
}

# This declaration allows BOOTP clients to get dynamic addresses,
# which we don't really recommend.

#subnet 10.254.239.32 netmask 255.255.255.224 {
#  range dynamic-bootp 10.254.239.40 10.254.239.60;
#  option broadcast-address 10.254.239.31;
#  option routers rtr-239-32-1.example.org;
#}

# A slightly different configuration for an internal subnet.
#subnet 10.5.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.224 {
#  range 10.5.5.26 10.5.5.30;
#  option domain-name-servers ns1.internal.example.org;
#  option domain-name "internal.example.org";
#  option routers 10.5.5.1;
#  option broadcast-address 10.5.5.31;
#  default-lease-time 600;
#  max-lease-time 7200;
#}

# Hosts which require special configuration options can be listed in
# host statements.   If no address is specified, the address will be
# allocated dynamically (if possible), but the host-specific information
# will still come from the host declaration.

host passacaglia {
  hardware ethernet 0:0:c0:5d:bd:95;
  filename "vmunix.passacaglia";
  server-name "toccata.fugue.com";
}

# Fixed IP addresses can also be specified for hosts.   These addresses
# should not also be listed as being available for dynamic assignment.
# Hosts for which fixed IP addresses have been specified can boot using
# BOOTP or DHCP.   Hosts for which no fixed address is specified can only
# be booted with DHCP, unless there is an address range on the subnet
# to which a BOOTP client is connected which has the dynamic-bootp flag
# set.
host fantasia {
  hardware ethernet 08:00:07:26:c0:a5;
  fixed-address fantasia.fugue.com;
}

# You can declare a class of clients and then do address allocation
# based on that.   The example below shows a case where all clients
# in a certain class get addresses on the 10.17.224/24 subnet, and all
# other clients get addresses on the 10.0.29/24 subnet.

class "foo" {
  match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 4) = "SUNW";
}

shared-network 224-29 {
  subnet 10.17.224.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
    option routers rtr-224.example.org;
  }
  subnet 10.0.29.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
    option routers rtr-29.example.org;
  }
  pool {
    allow members of "foo";
    range 10.17.224.10 10.17.224.250;
  }
  pool {
    deny members of "foo";
    range 10.0.29.10 10.0.29.230;
  }
}


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