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Message-ID: <20111007040838.GA29023@gremlin.ru>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:08:38 +0400
From: gremlin@...mlin.ru
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Any plans for dhcp client support?

On 07-Oct-2011 04:09:15 +0400, Solar Designer wrote:

 > > Are there any plans to include dhcp client support by default?

 > Since you say "by default", I assume that you're aware that you
 > currently can enable DHCP client support at your own risk by
 > editing one line in dhcp.spec.
 > # We do not officially support the DHCP client because it is
 > # rather complicated, yet it runs entirely as root
 > %define BUILD_DHCP_CLIENT 0

TWIMC: running `dhclient -1 eth0` ("try once") is generally safe,
as it doesn't leave dhclient running as a daemon.


-- 
Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
<gremlin ПРИ gremlin ТЧК ru>

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