On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 16:21 -0800, Richard England wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 17:26 -0600, Bob Hartung wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> I'm beginning to think that some of the dhcpd docs are wrong or > >> perhaps I can't read. I am trying to write a simple dhcpd.conf file for > >> a machine with a single NIC. This will assign a small subset of the > >> 192.168.14.0 subnet for automatic assignment and will assign a fixed ip > >> address to a small NAS appliance that I purchased. > >> > >> The code (below) fails on /etc/dhcpd start. What did I miss? > >> > >> # > >> ddns-update-style interim; > >> ignore client-updates; > >> > >> #subnet 192.168.14.0 netmask 255.255.255.0{ > >> > >> #default-lease-time 600; > >> #max-lease-time 86400; > >> > >> #option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > >> #option domain-name-servers 204.127.203.135, 204.148.225.135; > >> #option routers 192.168.14.249; > >> #} > >> > >> subnet 192.168.14.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > >> range 192.168.14.80 192.168.14.95; > >> default-lease-time 600; > >> max-lease-time 86400; > >> > >> option domain-name-servers xxx.yyy.zzz.rrr, xxx.ddd.ttt.ooo; > >> option routers 192.168.14.249; > >> > >> host simpleshare { > >> hardware ethernet 00:01:6c:bd:1d:90; > >> fixed-address 192.168.14.96; > >> option host-name simpleshare; > >> } > >> } > >> > > ---- > > from a brief look at it...a closing brace at the end...easier to notice > > these things if you follow an indentation structure more closely. > > > > Craig > > > > > Where is the mis-match, exactly? I count 3 opens and 3 closes. 3 sets. > 1 set is commented out and the other two are properly nested in the > remainder. Am I missing something? ---- I count 3 closing brackets too, except that one has a comment in front of it. Craig