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regarding Fwd: Issue with isc-dhcp-server init.d script
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: isc-dhcp-server
Version: 4.4.1-2
Hello,
I'm contacting you in regard to 2 issues I have found in isc-dhcp-server
package in file isc-dhcp-server.
Details on version can be found at the bottom of the page.
First issue:
* If I kill the process dhcpd using kill, the script does not detect the
process is dead,
and only checks the file (where the PID is written to) exists.
My point of view is that this check is not needed, if the process exists
and is listening on the same port the server does not start and emits an
error.
Second Issue:
The requirement to have isc-dhcp-server INTERFACES specified.
* In my case I use several interfaces, where the server should be
listening on so when I start the dhcp server it listens on 0.0.0.0:67
and not on a specific interface.
Some suggestions:
to use OPTIONS="xx"
OPTIONS="" <- use ipv6 ipv4
OPTIONS="-4" <- use ipv4
OPTIONS="-6" <- use ipv6
This will cause the isc-dhcp-server to listen on any ipv4 or ipv6
interfaces for witch it has leases in dhcpd.conf
Please check the code in the attachment that has a sugestion on improvement.
Details:
Debian Buster 10
Version isc-dhcp-server: 4.4.1-2
Best regards,
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: isc-dhcp-server
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Should-Start: $local_fs slapd $named
# Should-Stop: $local_fs slapd
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: DHCP server
# Description: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
test -f /usr/sbin/dhcpd || exit 0
DHCPD_DEFAULT="${DHCPD_DEFAULT:-/etc/default/isc-dhcp-server}"
# It is not safe to start if we don't have a default configuration...
if [ ! -f "$DHCPD_DEFAULT" ]; then
echo "$DHCPD_DEFAULT does not exist! - Aborting..."
if [ "$DHCPD_DEFAULT" = "/etc/default/isc-dhcp-server" ]; then
echo "Run 'dpkg-reconfigure isc-dhcp-server' to fix the
problem."
fi
exit 0
fi
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
# Read init script configuration
[ -f "$DHCPD_DEFAULT" ] && . "$DHCPD_DEFAULT"
NAME4=dhcpd
NAME6=dhcpd6
if test -n "$OPTIONS"; then
case $OPTIONS in
*"-4"*) export DHCPv4=1;;
*"-6"*) export DHCPv6=1;;
esac
fi
DESC4="ISC DHCPv4 server"
DESC6="ISC DHCPv6 server"
# use already specified config file or fallback to defaults
DHCPDv4_CONF=${DHCPDv4_CONF:-/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf}
DHCPDv6_CONF=${DHCPDv6_CONF:-/etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf}
# try to read pid file name from config file or fallback to defaults
if [ -z "$DHCPDv4_PID" ]; then
DHCPDv4_PID=$(sed -n -e 's/^[ \t]*pid-file-name[ \t]*"\(.*\)"[
\t]*;.*$/\1/p' < "$DHCPDv4_CONF" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
fi
if [ -z "$DHCPDv6_PID" ]; then
DHCPDv6_PID=$(sed -n -e 's/^[ \t]*dhcpv6-pid-file-name[ \t]*"\(.*\)"[
\t]*;.*$/\1/p' < "$DHCPDv6_CONF" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
fi
DHCPDv4_PID="${DHCPDv4_PID:-/var/run/dhcpd.pid}"
DHCPDv6_PID="${DHCPDv6_PID:-/var/run/dhcpd6.pid}"
test_config()
{
VERSION="$1"
CONF="$2"
if [ -z "DHCPv4" ]; then
if ! /usr/sbin/dhcpd -t $VERSION -q -cf "$CONF" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix $CONF."
echo "The error was: "
/usr/sbin/dhcpd -t $VERSION -cf "$CONF"
exit 1
fi
fi
if [ -z "DHCPv6" ]; then
if ! /usr/sbin/dhcpd6 -t $VERSION -q -cf "$CONF" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix $CONF."
echo "The error was: "
/usr/sbin/dhcpd -t $VERSION -cf "$CONF"
exit 1
fi
fi
}
check_status()
{
OPTION="$1"
PIDFILE="$2"
NAME="$3"
if [ ! -r "$PIDFILE" ]; then
test "$OPTION" != -v || echo "$NAME is not running."
return 3
fi
if read pid < "$PIDFILE" && ps -p "$pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
test "$OPTION" != -v || echo "$NAME is running."
return 0
else
test "$OPTION" != -v || echo "$NAME is not running but $PIDFILE
exists."
return 1
fi
}
start_daemon()
{
VERSION="$1"
CONF="$2"
NAME="$3"
PIDFILE="$4"
DESC="$5"
shift 5
INTERFACES="$*"
test_config "$VERSION" "$CONF"
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
touch /var/lib/dhcp/$NAME.leases
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
--exec /usr/sbin/dhcpd -- $VERSION -q -cf $CONF $INTERFACES
sleep 2
if check_status -q $PIDFILE $NAME; then
log_end_msg 0
else
log_failure_msg "check syslog for diagnostics."
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi
}
stop_daemon()
{
if check_status -q $DHCPDv4_PID $NAME4; then
log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC4" "$NAME4"
log_daemon_msg "$NAME4 $DHCPDv4_PID"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $DHCPDv4_PID
log_end_msg $?
rm -f "$DHCPDv4_PID"
fi
if check_status -q $DHCPDv6_PID $NAME6; then
log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC6" "$NAME6"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $DHCPDv6_PID
log_end_msg $?
rm -f "$DHCPDv6_PID"
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
if test -n "$INTERFACES" -a -z "$INTERFACESv4"; then
echo "DHCPv4 interfaces are no longer set by the
INTERFACES variable in" >&2
echo "/etc/default/isc-dhcp-server. Please use
INTERFACESv4 instead." >&2
echo "Migrating automatically for now, but this will go
away in the future." >&2
INTERFACESv4="$INTERFACES"
fi
if test -n "$DHCPv4"; then
echo "Launching IPv4 server only."
start_daemon "-4" "$DHCPDv4_CONF" "$NAME4" \
"$DHCPDv4_PID" "$DESC4" "$INTERFACESv4"
fi
if test -n "$DHCPv6"; then
echo "Launching IPv6 server only."
start_daemon "-6" "$DHCPDv6_CONF" "$NAME6" \
"$DHCPDv6_PID" "$DESC6" "$INTERFACESv6"
fi
if test -z "$DHCPv4" -a -z "$DHCPv6"; then
echo "Launching both IPv4 and IPv6 servers (please
configure INTERFACES in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server if you only want one or
the other)."
start_daemon "-4" "$DHCPDv4_CONF" "$NAME4" \
"$DHCPDv4_PID" "$DESC4" ""
start_daemon "-6" "$DHCPDv6_CONF" "$NAME6" \
"$DHCPDv6_PID" "$DESC6" ""
fi
;;
stop)
stop_daemon
;;
restart | force-reload)
$0 stop
sleep 2
$0 start
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
exit 1
fi
;;
status)
if test -n "$INTERFACES" -a -z "$INTERFACESv4"; then
INTERFACESv4="$INTERFACES"
fi
if test -n "$INTERFACESv4"; then
echo -n "Status of $DESC4: "
check_status -v $DHCPDv4_PID $NAME4 || exit $?
fi
if test -n "$INTERFACESv6"; then
echo -n "Status of $DESC6: "
check_status -v $DHCPDv6_PID $NAME6 || exit $?
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.4.3-P1-8+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package isc-dhcp has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1143544
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
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Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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