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authorRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-05-20 12:33:04 +0000
committerRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-05-20 12:33:04 +0000
commitcf42802e15aa95933019caebd61338d4687f3816 (patch)
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downloaddhcpcd-cf42802e15aa95933019caebd61338d4687f3816.tar.xz
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@@ -192,15 +192,14 @@ You can use this option to stop this from happening.
.Nm
normally sends a DHCP Broadcast to find servers to offer an address.
.Nm
-will then request the address used. You can use this option to skip the
-broadcast step and just request an
+will then request the address used.
+You can use this option to skip the broadcast step and just request an
.Ar address .
-The downside is if you request
-an
+The downside is if you request an
.Ar address
the DHCP server does not know about or the DHCP server is not
-authorative, it will remain silent. In this situation, we go back to the init
-state and broadcast again.
+authorative, it will remain silent.
+In this situation, we go back to the init state and broadcast again.
If no
.Ar address
is given then we use the first address currently assigned to the
@@ -208,12 +207,13 @@ is given then we use the first address currently assigned to the
.It Fl s , -inform Op Ar address Op / Ar cidr
Behaves exactly like
.Fl r , -request
-as above, but sends a DHCP inform instead of a request. This requires the
-interface to be configured first. This does not get a lease as such, just
-notifies the DHCP server of the
+as above, but sends a DHCP inform instead of a request.
+This requires the interface to be configured first.
+This does not get a lease as such, just notifies the DHCP server of the
.Ar address
-we are using. If we fail to contact a DHCP server then we return a failure
-instead of falling back on IPv4LL.
+we are using.
+If we fail to contact a DHCP server then we return a failure instead of falling
+back on IPv4LL.
.It Fl t , -timeout Ar seconds
Timeout after
.Ar seconds ,
@@ -233,14 +233,16 @@ Generate an
.Rs
.%T "RFC 4361"
.Re
-compliant clientid. This requires persistent storage
-and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's not enabled by default.
+compliant clientid.
+This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's
+not enabled by default.
The DUID generated will be held in
.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid
and should not be copied to other hosts.
.It Fl F , -fqdn Ar fqdn
Requests that the DHCP server updates DNS using FQDN instead of just a
-hostname. Valid values for
+hostname.
+Valid values for
.Ar fqdn
are none, ptr and both.
The current hostname or the hostname specified using the
@@ -255,10 +257,10 @@ If not set then none is sent.
.El
.Ss Restriciting behaviour
.Nm
-will try to do as much as it can by default. However, there are sometimes
-situations where you don't want the things to be configured exactly how the
-the DHCP server wants. Here are some option that deal with turning these bits
-off.
+will try to do as much as it can by default.
+However, there are sometimes situations where you don't want the things to be
+configured exactly how the the DHCP server wants.
+Here are some option that deal with turning these bits off.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl A , -noarp
Don't request or claim the address by ARP.
@@ -267,14 +269,16 @@ Don't set any default routes.
.It Fl L , -noipv4ll
Don't use IPv4LL at all.
.It Fl O , -nooption Ar option
-Don't request the specified option. If no option given, then don't request
-any options other than those to configure the interface and routing.
+Don't request the specified option.
+If no option given, then don't request any options other than those to
+configure the interface and routing.
.It Fl T, -test
On receipt of discover messages we just call
.Pa @SCRIPT@
with the reason of TEST which echo's the DHCP variables found in the message
-to the console. The interface configuration isn't touched and neither are any
-configuration files.
+to the console.
+The interface configuration isn't touched and neither are any configuration
+files.
.It Fl V, -variables
Display a list of option codes and the associated variable for use in
.Xr dhcpcd.sh 8 .