From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: dhcp should not be stopped when 'service dhcpd restart' was issued and there's a syntax error in configuration file. A systax check should be issued before stopping the server. This prevents problems when the service is critical. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dhcp-3.0pl2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Edit dhcpd configuration file and introduce some syntax error 2.servive dhcpd restart 3. Additional info:
Created attachment 96484 [details] Patch solving the problem
*** Bug 111861 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
patch applied in dhcp-3.0.1rc12-4.src.rpm
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-566.html