On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 11:07 +0000, Peter Thompson wrote: Salient points of your error message: > Please make sure there is no other dhcp server > running and that there's no entry for dhcp or > bootp in /etc/inetd.conf. Also make sure you > are not running HP JetAdmin software, which > includes a bootp server. Is there something else using the same port as your intended DHCP server? Perhaps you should post the output of: netstat -ntua Do you have security permissions preventing it from running (e.g. SELinux)? > Steps to Reproduce: Using the downloaded DHCP.conf on Fedora Core 4, > edited to reflect our server's IP adress, and attempting to start the > DHCP server. Hmm, the second posting I've seen very recently about DHCP. What exactly is the downloaded DHCP.conf file? I've attached a copy of what works on my server (my /etc/dhcpd.conf file), with my domain name renamed to "example.com". You don't need all that I've got in mine, I like to experiment with things, but you might spot some differences between yours and mine that gives you a clue. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
authoritative; allow client-updates; include "/etc/rndc.key"; # (same key used by BIND, needed to update DNS records) ddns-domainname "example.com."; ddns-rev-domainname "in-addr.arpa."; ddns-update-style interim; ddns-updates on; default-lease-time 21600; # 2 hours max-lease-time 43200; # 24 hours min-lease-time 30; # 30 seconds (might allow renewing experiments) option domain-name "example.com."; option nntp-server news.example.com; option pop-server pop3.example.com; option smtp-server smtp.example.com; option wpad-curl code 252 = text; #option wpad-curl "http://proxy.example.com/wpad.dat";; option www-server www.example.com; option ntp-servers time.example.com; option time-offset 34200; # Australian Central Standard Time #option time-offset 37800; # Central Australia Daylight Time # Seem to be stupidly stuck with manually setting this! # Daylight savings: 2am last Sun of Oct - 3am first Sun of Apr option ip-forwarding off; # tell clients not to act as gateways (?) shared-network example.com { option wpad-curl "http://proxy.example.com/wpad.dat";; subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.200; option routers 192.168.1.2; # default gateway option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.2; option netbios-dd-server 192.168.1.2; option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.2; # WINS option netbios-node-type 8; option netbios-scope ""; option finger-server finger.example.com; zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. { primary 192.168.1.2; key rndckey; } zone example.com. { primary 192.168.1.2; key rndckey; } # we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address # (Any terminal saying it's ns.example.com will be # assigned this IP.) host ns { #next-server ns.example.com; fixed-address 192.168.1.2; } host fixed { fixed-address 192.168.1.99; } host fixme { fixed-address 192.168.1.150; } #host flakey { # hardware ethernet 00:00:21:25:92:fb; # fixed-address 192.168.1.180; # option host-name "deadmeat"; # update-static-leases on; #} # host rover { # hardware ethernet 00:48:54:8e:8c:0c; # fixed-address 192.168.1.18; # # set ddns-rev-name = "101.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa."; # fixed-address rover.example.com; # option host-name "rover"; # } } } # ------------------ end of it all --------------------------------------- # see http://www.arda.homeunix.net/dnssetup.shtml for some additional help # removed while tidying: # # option nis-domain "localdomain."; # probably not needed, as don't use NIS # # range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.20 192.168.0.30;
