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authorRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-11-17 17:25:54 +0000
committerRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-11-17 17:25:54 +0000
commitc989b02361577d2227094cd396c760c1df39e697 (patch)
tree26f80acaa0af8a0b830dc9983a69681276faf0bf /dhcpcd.conf.5.in
parent228181a8118f4faed4f67ead567bcf2e8696cf42 (diff)
downloaddhcpcd-c989b02361577d2227094cd396c760c1df39e697.tar.xz
We no longer send a ClientID by default. This is so we now mirror the kernel DHCP client and can re-use its lease by default. To retain the old behaviour, simply add clientid to dhcpcd.conf.
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diff --git a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
index d6e9d29d..90b2c1ba 100644
--- a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
+++ b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 07, 2008
+.Dd November 17, 2008
.Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5 SMM
.Sh NAME
.Nm dhcpcd.conf
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ Background immediately.
This is useful for startup scripts which don't disable link messages for
carrier status.
.It Ic clientid Ar string
-Change the default clientid sent from the interface hardware address.
+Send the
+.Ar clientid .
If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
-If not set then none is sent.
+For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes we send a default
+clientid of the hardware family and the hardware address.
.It Ic duid
Generate an
.Rs