dhcpd (reprise)

[Lowell Gilbert]

Gary Kline <kline at magnesium.net> writes:

> 	I'll add the -d flag to my rc.conf; are you using the latest

No; *disable* dhcpd from rc.conf, and start it by hand with the -d flag.

> 	version of the dhcp-server from ISC or something other?

I'm running the ISC dhcp server, as I mentioned in my message, and
it's fairly up-to-date, but I don't think the exact version matters
for you (at least not at this point).

> 	I looked for a 'debug' flag on the man page and didn't see it.

>From "man dhcpd":
       To have dhcpd log to the standard  error  descriptor,  specify  the  -d
       flag.  This can be useful for debugging, and also at sites where a com-
       plete log of all dhcp activity must be kept but syslogd is not reliable
       or  otherwise  cannot  be  used.    Normally, dhcpd will log all output
       using the syslog(3) function with the log facility set to LOG_DAEMON.

> 	What should I loook for in th logfile?  or will it be 
> 	obvious :-)

Again, the approach I'm describing will *not* log into the logfile;
I'm suggesting you get the debug output on a console in real time.