dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Roy, list fellows,

I am getting a very annoying issue here related to using
`--denyinterfaces vmnet[0-9]_[0-9]' usage.

Why using that... command line switch? The issue is as... setting up
multiple virtual LAN for different VMs result in: when an interface is
connected to a virtual machine, a network event trigger dhcpcd to
configure the interface with a weird IP address starting from 169.x.y.z
which I did not even verify where it was comming from. And *this* would
block any quest from properly getting an IP adress from DHCP server in
the virtual LAN subnet!

SOLUTION (or I've thought was): use --denyinterfaces to order dhcpcd to
leave those interfaces alone! Now, with this... dhcpcd just get in the
way (in a unknown way) to block the interfaces to be properly
configured, starting with disapearance from `ifconfig' command... to
interfaces linkage breakages--VDE switches attached to the interfaces
cannot properly communicate with the network. Listing the virtual
interfaces in `/sys/class/net' or /sys/devices/virtual/net' shows that
the interfaces are there but are unusable.

SOLUTION: removed the --denyinterfaces and...

So, I had to set up each interface with `ifconfig IFACE 0.0.0.0'
whenever a virtual machine is launched. How annoying... And how annying
to figure this up, I had to restart host machine twice for nothing and
lost some time and patience between a few unsuccessful attempts.

Help is welcomed,
thanks,
tc.


PS: thehost is a Linux-4.6.4