Running init.d/dhcpd start|stop|status gives no output, and doesn't start the server. Running /usr/sbin/dhcpd kicks an error about /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases missing. Doing a touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases and then kicking the server makes it work fine. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install dhcp-2.0p15-4 rpm 2.Edit /etc/dhcpd.conf (this step doesn't make a diff) 3.run /etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd start|status|<nothing> Actual Results: see no output, and server doesn't start -broken IMHO Expected Results: touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases - try step 2 again, and it will work server starts running If you run /usr/sbin/dhcpd at step 3 above, you get an error message: Can't open lease database /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases: No such file or directory -- check for failed database rewrite attempt! Please read the dhcpd.leases manual page if you. don't know what to do about this. exiting.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5405 ***