Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netbase
/etc/init.d/networking script does not stop dhclient3 if you: 1. configure interface to use dhcp 2. start the interface using /etc/init.d/networking script 3. change the interface to static ip in /etc/network/interfaces 4. stop the interface using /etc/init.d/networking script Steps to reproduce: --------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/networking start * Configuring network interfaces... Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:cf:29:df Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:cf:29:df Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.218 -- renewal in 415487 seconds. ...done. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/networking stop * Deconfiguring network interfaces... Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:cf:29:df Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:cf:29:df Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 ...done. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/networking start * Configuring network interfaces... Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:cf:29:df Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:cf:29:df Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.218 -- renewal in 373880 seconds. ...done. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat > /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.218 netmask 255.255.255.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/networking stop * Deconfiguring network interfaces... ...done. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps ax|grep dhclient3|grep -v grep 5974 ? Ss 0:00 dhclient3 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# --------------- After the last "/etc/init.d/networking stop" command, I would expect dhclient3 to release the IP. Version information: --------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06 DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux kdev32bit 2.6.15-26-server #1 SMP Fri Sep 8 21:00:37 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -l netbase Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=================================-=================================-================================================================================== ii netbase 4.24ubuntu3 Basic TCP/IP networking system [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -l ifupdown Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=================================-=================================-================================================================================== ii ifupdown 0.6.7ubuntu7 high level tools to configure network interfaces --------------- ** Affects: netbase (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- /etc/init.d/networking does not stop dhclient3 when changing from dhcp to static ip https://launchpad.net/bugs/88101 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs