DHCPSD(8)

NAME
dhcpsd - a DHCP server

SYNOPSIS
dhcpsd [-dfw] [-p plugin]

DESCRIPTION
dhcpsd is an implementation of the DHCP server specified in RFC 2131.

dhcpsd relies entirely on plugins for configuration. The man page for each plugin is prefixed with dhcpsd-. If no plugins are specified, then the auto and leasefile plugins are loaded.

Plugins operate on a first one wins scenario, so the order of plugins given is important if you load more than one which does the same job.

Options are :

-d  Enable debug diagnostics.

-f  Run in the foreground. Useful when debugging. Messages will be printed to stderr(4) rather than syslog(3).

-p plugin
    Loads the named plugin. If plugin contains a / character then it is treated as a full path. Otherwise, .so is appended and it is loaded from the plugin directory @PLUGINDIR@. You may use the -p option as many times as you have plugins.

-w  Waits until a message is received on an interface before configuring it. This allows dhcpsd to work with dynamically created interfaces that are in the ready state. If an interface is marked down or departs then dhcpsd will deactivate the interface. This requires a privileged helper process to open a BPF socket for each interface when required.

NOTES
dhcpsd requires a Berkeley Packet Filter, or BPF device on BSD based systems and a Linux Socket Filter, or LPF device on Linux based systems for all IPv4 configuration.

SEE ALSO
dhcpsd_auto(8), dhcpsd_leasefile(8), dhcpsd_ethers(8), dhcpsd_addrinfo(8), dhcpsd_lua(8)

AUTHORS
Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>

BUGS
Please report them to https://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpsd