glfs/connect/dhcp/config.xml
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<sect1 id="dhcpclient" xreflabel="Configuring dhcp for a client">
<?dbhtml filename="configdhcp.html" dir="connect"?>
<title>Configuring dhcp for a client</title>
<sect2><title>Config files</title>
<para><userinput>/etc/sysconfig/network,
/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifup-eth0,
/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown-eth0,
/etc/sysconfig/networkdevices/ifconfig.eth0</userinput></para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>Note that we use <userinput>eth0</userinput> as the interface
throughout these instructions. If you want to configure a different (or
more than one) interface, simply replace <userinput>eth0</userinput>
with the interface you wish to use.</para>
<para>These instructions will convert the configuration files from LFS
(a static configuration) to a DHCP configuration. Note that static and
DHCP interfaces can co-exist on a LFS system, only make the
alterations to those interfaces which need to support DHCP.</para>
<para>The first step is to remove the GATEWAY and GATEWAY_IF variables
from <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename>. This should only be done
if the default interface you intend to use will be using DHCP and only
needs to be done once; regardless of how many interfaces you are setting
up.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig &amp;&amp;
cp network network.bak &amp;&amp;
sed "s/GATEWAY/# GATEWAY/" network.bak > network</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Now you can create the appropriate <filename>ifconfig.eth0</filename>
file with the following commands (note that this will overwrite any
existing file):</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &amp;&amp;
cat &gt; ifconfig.eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_PROG=&lt;path to dhcp&gt;
DHCP_START=&lt;start parameters&gt;
DHCP_STOP=&lt;stop parameter&gt;
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Review the appropriate manpages for parameters; for example, the
stop parameter for dhcpcd is '-k', while the stop parameter for dhclient
is '-r'.</para>
<para>You then need to create DHCP specific scripts. First, the
<filename>ifup-eth0</filename> script:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; ifup-eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF" </userinput>
#!/bin/sh
source /etc/sysconfig/rc || exit
source $rc_functions || exit
source $network_devices/ifconfig.eth0 || exit
echo "Bringing up the eth0 interface..."
modprobe eth0
loadproc $DHCP_PROG $DHCP_START
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Then the <filename>ifdown-eth0</filename> script:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; ifdown-eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF" </userinput>
#!/bin/sh
source /etc/sysconfig/rc || exit
source $rc_functions || exit
source $network_devices/ifconfig.eth0 || exit
echo "Bringing down the eth0 interface..."
$DHCP_PROG $DHCP_STOP
evaluate_retval
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Finally, we need to make these scripts executable:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>chmod 755 ifup-eth0 &amp;&amp;
chmod 755 ifdown-eth0</userinput></screen></para>
</sect2>
</sect1>