man page for dhclient.conf(5) error in script location

Benjamin Kaduk bjk at freebsd.org
Tue Jun 19 22:12:22 UTC 2012


On Fri, 15 Jun 2012, Varuna wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> The man page dhclient.conf(5) under FreeBSD 8.0 has an error in the script
> location indicated in the EXAMPLES.  The script dhclient-script is indicated to
> be under /etc, while it is located under /sbin.

I do not believe this is an error.
Per dhclient.conf.5, the script directive specifies a DHCP client 
configuration script, and in the example given in the EXAMPLES section, it 
is entirely reasonable to have a custom configuration script for that 
interface.  In that case, the default /sbin/dhclient-script would not be 
appropriate, and a custom version of it needed. Putting such a custom 
configuration script in /etc is in keeping with the traditional location 
for system configuration files.

-Ben Kaduk



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