[CentOS] How to find out values from dhcp query
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Mar 12 20:59:13 UTC 2009
Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 03:29:09PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>> Kai Schaetzl wrote:
>>
>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:26:49 -0400:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> How can I find out what variables and their values were provided by a
>>>> dhcpd server to my client?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> what values? You can see most parts of the negotiation on the server in
>>> real time. dhcpd logs by default all requests and the answers to messages.
>>>
>> I have a proprietary firewall that provides dhcpd services and includes
>> fields for entering the WINS server address and the WINS mode. I wanted
>> to see what these variables show up as as well as their values...
>>
>> I do not see them in cat /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-eth1.leases on this
>> system.
>>
>
> How is dhclient being invoked?
>
> ps afxww | grep dhclient
On this system it is run from a script in a terminal window where I also
run wpa_supplicant (NetworkManager does not work well enough on this
system). On a FC10 system, I use NetworkManager and it invokes dhclient.
Neither show the address of the WINS server, nor the WINS mode (H-mode).
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