Index: dhclient.conf.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/DHCP/client/dhclient.conf.5,v retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -r1.13 dhclient.conf.5 --- dhclient.conf.5 2001/06/27 00:29:31 1.13 +++ dhclient.conf.5 2002/02/19 08:27:24 @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ \fBlease {\fR \fIlease-declaration\fR [ ... \fIlease-declaration ] \fB}\fR .PP The DHCP client may decide after some period of time (see \fBPROTOCOL -TIMING\fR) decide that it is not going to succeed in contacting a +TIMING\fR) that it is not going to succeed in contacting a server. At that time, it consults its own database of old leases and tests each one that has not yet timed out by pinging the listed router for that lease to see if that lease could work. It is possible to @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ argument is passed on the ifconfig command line when configuring te interface. .PP -The dhcp client automatically declares this parameter if it used a +The dhcp client automatically declares this parameter if it uses a media type (see the .B media statement) when configuring the interface in order to obtain a lease. @@ -493,7 +493,9 @@ .SH OTHER DECLARATIONS \fBreject \fIip-address\fB;\fR .PP -The reject statement causes the DHCP client to reject offers from +The +.B reject +statement causes the DHCP client to reject offers from servers who use the specified address as a server identifier. This can be used to avoid being configured by rogue or misconfigured dhcp servers, although it should be a last resort - better to track down @@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ probably right (no guarantees). .PP The media setup is only used for the initial phase of address -acquisition (the DHCPDISCOVER and DHCPOFFER packtes). Once an +acquisition (the DHCPDISCOVER and DHCPOFFER packets). Once an address has been acquired, the dhcp client will record it in its lease database and will record the media type used to acquire the address. Whenever the client tries to renew the lease, it will use that same @@ -586,7 +588,7 @@ request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name; require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers; - script "/etc/dhclient-script"; + script "CLIENTBINDIR/dhclient-script"; media "media 10baseT/UTP", "media 10base2/BNC"; }