On 4/8/2010 9:59 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
Hi,
I'm running a DHCP server on my local network. I've noticed something that puzzles me. Leases are written to /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases, but only - so it seems to me - if the address is not fixed in any way in dhcpd.conf.
Here's a few stanzas of my dhcpd.conf :
host babasse { hardware ethernet 00:0d:61:ae:6b:8f; fixed-address 192.168.1.1; option host-name "babasse"; }
host bernadette { hardware ethernet 00:0d:61:a6:e7:1e; fixed-address 192.168.1.2; option host-name "bernadette"; }
host raymonde { hardware ethernet 00:20:ed:b8:e8:ec; fixed-address 192.168.1.3; option host-name "raymonde"; }
host lifebook { hardware ethernet 00:0b:5d:46:f2:10; fixed-address 192.168.1.5; option host-name "lifebook"; }
How comes these machines never appear in dhcpd.leases ? Do the respective leases only find their way into /var/log/messages ?
fixed-addresses are permanently reserved. The leases file tracks the ones from the pool that are temporarily reserved until they expire.