docs/132260: dhcpd pid not stored in documented location

[Daniel Feenberg]

The following reply was made to PR docs/132260; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg at nber.org>
To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at freebsd.org>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/132260: dhcpd pid not stored in documented location
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 06:48:50 -0500 (EST)

 On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
 
 > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:40:57 GMT, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg at nber.org> wrote:
 >>> Number:         132260
 >>> Category:       docs
 >>> Synopsis:       dhcpd pid not stored in documented location
 >
 >>> Description:
 >> The man page for dhcpd in /usr/local/man/cat8 includes the sentence:
 >>
 >>    To restart dhcpd, send a SIGTERM (signal 15) to the process ID
 >>    contained in /var/run/dhcpd.pid, and then re-invoke dhcpd.
 >>
 >> however the default location for dhcpd.pid seems to be:
 >>
 >>   /var/run/dhcpd/dhcpd.pid
 >
 >> Either change the documentation or the default location. Personally I
 >> think the location is the problem. What is the point of a directory
 >> with only one file? The directory doesn't hold the other dhcpd files
 >> (leases).
 >
 > Hi Daniel,
 >
 > Which dhcpd port are you using?  There is no dhcpd in the base system,
 > so it would be nice to patch the correct port.  Personally, I agree with
 > you that the pidfile should be `/var/run/dhcpd.pid' and I can prepare a
 > patch for the relevant port for review by our ports committers.
 >
 
 
 I should have thought of that - here is the copyright line from the dhcpd
 we are using:
 
 ldap# dhcpd -v
 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.5
 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
 
 
 Daniel Feenberg