DHCP assistance required.

[Mogens Kjaer]

Simon Slater wrote:
> 	G'day all,
> 		I'm just starting to get to know dhcp and have got stuck very early on
> with the dhcp parser rejecting dhcpd.conf as shown below:
> 
> Feb 17 16:46:36 dell dhcpd: /etc/dhcpd.conf line 4: expecting a
> parameter or declaration
> Feb 17 16:46:36 dell dhcpd: default-lease-time 600;

Could the file be in DOS format, i.e. with CRLF?

What does:

file /etc/dhcpd.conf

say?

If you see the text "[dos]" after the file name
at the bottom line when you open it in vi then this
is your problem. Then do a

:ff=unix

and save the file and exit.

Mogens
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