Re: dhcp changes with 6.0?

[Michael Elkins <Michael_Elkins nai com>]

On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 10:10:48AM -0700, Ray Abbitt wrote:
> 1. How did the machine get an address from dhcp without the dhcpcd
> daemon installed?

RH 6.0 uses a new program called `pump' to get the ip address.

> 2. Where in the rc files should dhcpcd be (and why wasn't it installed
> in the first place and why wasn't it configured by either the rpm or
> netconfig?)

By default it doesn't use dhcpcd even though it is shipped as a package.
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup and change the call to `pump' to
use dhcpcd instead.

> Normally I would plow through this myself until I found the answer but
> I suspect I will not be the only person with these problems.

Nope, this is a very common problem.  *sigh*

me