Description of problem: I used /etc/dhcpd.conf and it was not clear that the location the binary uses is now /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf. Even running dhcpd -f /etc/dhcpd.conf failed for me. I had to move to file into /etc/dhcpd/ It would be nice if the initscript deals with this, via a warning or some kind of log message, as the dhcpd error is just the screen full of disclaimer without an actual error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dhcp-4.2.3-8.P2.fc16
(In reply to comment #0) > I used /etc/dhcpd.conf and it was not clear that the location the binary uses > is now /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf. This change is more that 3 years old, we've used /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf since Fedora-11/RHEL-6. > It would be nice if the initscript deals with this, via a warning or some kind > of log message, as the dhcpd error is just the screen full of disclaimer > without an actual error. There's a scriptlet in spec file which handles the F10->F11, RHEL5->RHEL-6 upgrade case and copies /etc/dhcpd.conf into /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf during upgrade/installation. But I don't think some warning would be possible because the dhcp package installs empty /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf which it then reads and has no idea that you actually wanted to use /etc/dhcpd.conf I could explicitly add '-cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf' into the service file when starting dhcpd, so 'service dhcpd status' or 'systemctl status dhcpd.service' will show that dhcpd actually reads this file.
Perhaps I broke a softlink and did not realise it? Some kind of warning like you described would be nice. It took me two hours before I realised the problem, as the dhcpd error message was totally useless In fact, it just spew the blob of text in /var/log/messages without an actual error, but refused to run.
dhcp-4.2.4-0.8.rc2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dhcp-4.2.4-0.8.rc2.fc17
Package dhcp-4.2.4-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dhcp-4.2.4-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8999/dhcp-4.2.4-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
dhcp-4.2.4-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.