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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
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@@ -31,19 +31,21 @@
Although
.Nm dhcpcd
can do everything from the command line, there are cases where it's just easier
-to do it once in a configuration file. Most of the options found in
+to do it once in a configuration file.
+Most of the options found in
.Xr dhcpcd 8
-can be used here. The first word on the line is the option and the rest of the
-line is the value. Leading and trailing whitespace for the option and value
-are trimmed. You can escape characters in the value using the \\ character.
+can be used here.
+The first word on the line is the option and the rest of the line is the value.
+Leading and trailing whitespace for the option and value are trimmed.
+You can escape characters in the value using the \\ character.
.Pp
Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.
.Pp
Here's a list of available options:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ic classid Ar string
-Change the default classid sent from dhcpcd-version. If not set then none
-is sent.
+Change the default classid sent from dhcpcd-version.
+If not set then none is sent.
.It Ic clientid Ar string
Change the default clientid sent from the interface hardware address.
If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
@@ -53,8 +55,9 @@ 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.
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ Subsequent options are only parsed for this
Request a leasetime of
.Ar seconds .
.It Ic noarp
-Don't send any ARP requests. This also disables IPv4LL.
+Don't send any ARP requests.
+This also disables IPv4LL.
.It Ic nogateway
Don't install any default routes.
.It Ic noipv4ll
@@ -91,10 +95,11 @@ See
.It Ic option Ar dhcp-option
Requests the
.Ar dhcp-option
-from the server. It can be a variable to be used in
+from the server.
+It can be a variable to be used in
.Xr dhcpcd.sh 8
-or the numerical value. You can specify more seperated by commas, spaces or
-more option lines.
+or the numerical value.
+You can specify more seperated by commas, spaces or more option lines.
.It Ic script Ar script
Use
.Ar script
@@ -104,7 +109,8 @@ instead of the default
The default timeout for waiting for a DHCP response is 20 seconds which may
be too long or too short and can be changed here.
.It Ic userclass Ar string
-Tag the DHCP messages with the userclass. You can specify more than one.
+Tag the DHCP messages with the userclass.
+You can specify more than one.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dhcpcd.sh 8 ,