source: connect/dhcp/dhcpcd.xml@ 9a6caf3c

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<sect1 id="dhcpcd" xreflabel="dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="dhcpcd.html"?>
<title>dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>dhcpcd</application></title>

<para>The <application>dhcpcd</application> package contains the
<command>dhcpcd</command> client. This is useful for connecting your computer 
to a network which uses <acronym>DHCP</acronym> to assign network addresses.
</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&dhcpcd-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&dhcpcd-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &dhcpcd-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&dhcpcd-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&dhcpcd-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch:
<ulink url="&patch-root;/dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;-fhs-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>dhcpcd</application></title>

<para>Install <application>dhcpcd</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;-fhs-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix="" --sysconfdir=/var/lib \
--mandir=/usr/share/man &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>patch -Np1 -i ../dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;-fhs-1.patch
</command>: <application>Dhcpcd</application> unpatched puts all configuration 
and temporary files in <filename>/etc/dhcpc</filename>. This becomes very 
annoying when <application>dhcpcd</application> tells you it's running and it's 
not.  You look in <filename class="directory">/var/run</filename> for
the <filename>PID</filename> file, but it's not 
there, the <filename>PID</filename> file that needs deleting is in
<filename class="directory">/etc/dhcpc</filename>. 
This patch brings this program into <acronym>FHS</acronym> compliance, but more 
importantly, puts files where you expect them to be.</para>

<para><parameter>--prefix=""</parameter>: There may be a good reason for
abandoning the normal <acronym>BLFS</acronym> convention of using
<parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter> here.  If you are installing 
<acronym>DHCP</acronym>, it is likely that it is 
required during the boot process and 
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> may be network 
mounted, in which case <command>dhcpcd</command> wouldn't be available due to 
being on the network!  Therefore, depending on your situation, you may want it 
to be installed in <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> or 
<filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>.  This command installs to 
<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/var/lib</parameter>: This command installs
configuration files in the <filename class="directory">/var/lib</filename>
directory.</para>

<para><parameter>--mandir=/usr/share/man</parameter>: This command installs 
the man pages to the <filename class="directory">/usr/share/man</filename>
directory.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>dhcpcd</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/var/lib/dhcpc/*</filename></para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>To configure <command>dhcpcd</command>, you need to first install
the network service script,
<filename>/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/dhcpcd</filename>
included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install-service-dhcpcd</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>The default behavior of <command>dhcpcd</command> is to overwrite 
(after making backup copies) <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>, 
<filename>/etc/yp.conf</filename> and <filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename> with
new files containing information from the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server. If 
this is undesirable, review the <command>dhcpcd</command> man page for 
switches to add to the <command>dhcpcd</command> command in the network 
service script.</para></note>

<para>Now create the <filename>ifconfig.eth0</filename> configuration
file using the following commands.  Adjust appropriately for additional 
interfaces.</para>

<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> This will overwrite any existing file.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_START="<replaceable>[insert appropriate start options here]</replaceable>"
DHCP_STOP="-k <replaceable>[insert other stop options here]</replaceable>"
SERVICE=dhcpcd
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>For more information on the appropriate
<envar>DHCP_START</envar> and <envar>DHCP_STOP</envar>
values, examine the man page for <command>dhcpcd</command>.</para>

<para>Finally, if the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> configured interface is
used as your default gateway, you should remove the GATEWAY and GATEWAY_IF
variables from <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename>: </para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i "s/GATEWAY/#&amp;/" /etc/sysconfig/network</command></userinput></screen>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>dhcpcd</application> package contains 
<command>dhcpcd</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>dhcpcd</title>
<para><command>dhcpcd</command> is an implementation of the 
<acronym>DHCP</acronym> client specified in <acronym>RFC</acronym>2131 and
<acronym>RFC</acronym>1541 (depending on which options are specified).</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>