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dhcp3 package

  1. Bug #94804
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 94804

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Diego Torres Milano (diego-pxes) wrote : Re: [Bug 94804] Re: dhcp3-server init script fails to show problem in configuration file

SneakyWho_am_i wrote:
> In gutsy, no error displayed.
>
> After configuring dhcp and restarting the service, I started a thin
> client which booted ok and ran several applications. After a server
> reboot, shcp had not restarted.
>
> I attempted to start it manually thus:
> "/etc/init.d/dhcp-server start" (noquotes)
>
> The response:
> "dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix the config file.
> The error was: " (noquotes and no actuall error)
>
> no entries were generated in syslog by this event.
>
> /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server already contains
> "/usr/sbin/dhcpd3 -t -cf $CONFIG_FILE 2>&1| sed '1,4d'" (noquotes)
>
> reverted to :
> "/usr/sbin/dhcpd3 -t -q -cf $CONFIG_FILE" (noquotes)
>
> Displayed error:
> "The error was:
> drop_privileges: could not set group id: Operation not permitted" (noquotes)
>
> Thus a perfect reproduction of dougfractal's result
>
>
 Can you please post your config file ?

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