On 01/28/2010 01:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: >> Philip A. Prindeville wrote: >> >> >>> but when I try this, I get: >>> >>> >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf line 4: expecting string or hexadecimal data. >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: #011send dhcp-client-identifier hardware; >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: ^ >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf line 4: expecting a statement. >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: #011send dhcp-client-identifier hardware; >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: ^ >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf line 5: semicolon expected. >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: ^ >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf line 5: unterminated interface declaration. >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: >>> Jan 28 09:03:35 builder dhclient[25694]: ^ >>> >>> >>> >>> So it's not clear to me from the manual where you can have a dynamic >>> expression, and where you're required to have a literal. >>> >>> >>> >> If I have time later in the day I'll see if I can be helpful. >> >> > I could not get back to sleep.... > > Even though I didn't try the following as of yet, maybe you could? > > To make it easy to parse...maybe they are expecting a string to be > enclosed in quotes. Have you tried.... > > send dhcp-client-identifier "hardware" ; I don't think that's it. I don't think dhclient permits indention using horizontal tabs. The error messages start with "#011", and 011 octal is the horizontal tab character. To the OP: try indenting your script using spaces, not tabs and see if that works. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a - - rigged demo. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines