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| author | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2013-02-22 22:28:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2013-02-22 22:28:16 +0000 |
| commit | 914b5cba929670d6ddf29e8147c0e211ac623f56 (patch) | |
| tree | e87e7c99c4d02cec4685d13cdc87af551601e8e7 | |
| parent | e9d7d3827ccf1499d6d06dc2d20797011d159e8c (diff) | |
Attempt a short explanation of what happens on start up and when
external configuration occurs on a interface with an associated
dhclient. Also add INT to SIGNALS section and alphabetize the
list of signals.
Tweaks from & ok jmc@.
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 | 42 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 index 2dd45b39e61..c5ebeb268b6 100644 --- a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 +++ b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: dhclient.8,v 1.17 2013/02/22 14:14:45 krw Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: dhclient.8,v 1.18 2013/02/22 22:28:15 krw Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 The Internet Software Consortium. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -143,6 +143,20 @@ group .Nm will exit with an error. .Pp +When configuring the interface, +.Nm +attempts to remove any existing addresses, gateway routes that use +the interface and non-permanent +.Xr arp 8 +entries. +Conversely, if the interface is later manipulated to add or delete +addresses then +.Nm +will automatically exit. +It thus automatically exits whenever a new +.Nm +is run on the same interface. +.Pp In order to keep track of leases across system reboots and server restarts, .Nm @@ -204,26 +218,32 @@ On receiving will restart itself, reading .Xr dhclient.conf 5 and obtaining a new lease. -.It Dv USR[12] -On receiving either -.Dv USR1 -or -.Dv USR2 , +.It Dv INT +On receiving +.Dv INT .Nm will exit after attempting to remove any routes, interface addresses or temporary files it created. +.It Dv QUIT +On receiving +.Dv QUIT +.Nm +will dump core and exit without attempting to remove any routes, interface +addresses or temporary files it created. .It Dv TERM On receiving .Dv TERM .Nm will exit without attempting to remove any routes, interface addresses or temporary files it created. -.It Dv QUIT -On receiving -.Dv QUIT +.It Dv USR[12] +On receiving either +.Dv USR1 +or +.Dv USR2 , .Nm -will dump core and exit without attempting to remove any routes, interface -addresses or temporary files it created. +will exit after attempting to remove any routes, interface addresses +or temporary files it created. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/var/db/dhclient.leases.<IFNAME>XXX" -compact |