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Description of problem:
Sosreport doesnt take backup of dhcpd.conf


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL - 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0 (Santiago)
sos - sos-2.2-2.el6.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install dhcp and configure dhcp server.
2. Run a sosreport, double check that dhcp plugin is enabled with sosreport -l
3.
  
Actual results:
In sosreport /etc/dhcp/* files are not present

Expected results:
sosreport should take backup of /etc/dhcp/* 

Additional info:
In RHEL - 5, The location for dhcpd.conf was /etc/dhcpd.conf
It is now changed in RHEL -6, The default location is /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

Hello Arpit,


Thank you for your feedback.

Handled upstream through:
https://fedorahosted.org/sos/changeset/1089


Best regards,

-- 
Pierre Carrier, Technical Support Engineer
Production Support, EMEA office
Global Support Services
Red Hat, Inc.

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    New Contents:
Previously, sos did not back up files in the /etc/dhcp/ directory when it was run with the dhcp plug-in enabled and a DHCP server installed in the system. This bug has been fixed and sos now properly backs up these files in the described scenario.

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 therefore 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-2011-0773.html