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Re: two unrealated technical questions.




On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Shai Bentin wrote:

> Q2: DHCP Client question. When I boot my system connected to the networkI
> get the IP through dhcp. I have not ran a dhcp client, nor did I find any
> such client running, nor was there a script I found which was invoked by the
> system. Can it be that this feature is compiled into the kernel. Also I
> noticed that there is something called dhcpcd which is some sort of a
> server, but it is not a dhcp server but something that has to do with the
> dhcp client, what is that?

'dhcpcd' is one of the poorer names of programs i've seen. it stands for
'DHCP Client Daemon'. its a daemon - which works as a DHCP client. we are
so used to connecting 'daemon' with 'server' that its easy to miss the
idea.

so, dhcpcd, if running, is what works as the DHCP client on your system.
there is no DHCP support inside the kernel, as far as i know.

--
guy

"For world domination - press 1,
 or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy


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