Configuring dhcp6

[Michael K. Smith - Adhost]

Hello Andy:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Falanga [mailto:af300wsm at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:39 PM
> To: Michael K. Smith - Adhost
> Cc: freebsd-questions
> Subject: Re: Configuring dhcp6
> 
> On 6/19/07, Michael K. Smith - Adhost <mksmith at adhost.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ok, I've got a couple of more questions.  Why does the port not
> > > install the command "dhcp6sctl"?  This is mentioned in manual
pages
> > > like, dhcp6s(8), and so forth but doing a "man dhcp6sctl" returns
> that
> > > no manual page exists.  Also, I can't find the command either.
> Lastly
> > > how do I generate this dhcp6sctlkey file that is also mentioned in
> the
> > > manual pages?  On the system I'm running the server on, the syslog
> > > spits out something that the file can't be found, and sure enough
> it's
> > > not there.  It's supposed to be in /usr/local/etc.
> > >
> > > Andy
> >
> > Did you look in /usr/local/sbin for dhcp6ctl?  Here's the pkg-plist
> > locations.
> >
> > etc/dhcp6s.conf.sample
> > etc/dhcp6c.conf.sample
> > sbin/dhcp6c
> > sbin/dhcp6relay
> > sbin/dhcp6s
> > sbin/dhcp6ctl
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Very interesting, the name of the binary is different than the manual
> pages say it is.  I was looking for dhcp6sctl no dhcp6ctl as is listed
> above.  This would explain why I couldn't find it with either find or
> whereis.
> 
> An excerpt from the manual pages:
> dhcp6s(8)
> SEE ALSO
>      dhcp6s.conf(5), dhcp6sctl(8), dhcp6c(8)
> 
> So, who maintains the software?  Or is this a ports issue?
> 
> Andy

Here's the port info from the website.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=dhcp6&stype=all

It includes the maintainer and source information.

Regards,

Mike