Hi,
>On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 05:33:39PM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
>> Sep 06 17:47:42 linom1 isc-dhcp-server[1668]: Launching both IPv4 and IPv6
>> servers (please configure INTERFACES in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server if
> Please edit the file above and place your network interfaces there.
Ok, so that is new probably. Never had to do that.
On my old jessie server I had just the default file:
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# On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests?
# Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. "eth0 eth1".
INTERFACES=""
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That file on my new stretch server now has:
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# On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests?
# Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. "eth0 eth1".
INTERFACESv4="ens192"
INTERFACESv6=""
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But.....
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linom1:/etc/default# service isc-dhcp-server stop
linom1:/etc/default# service isc-dhcp-server start
Job for isc-dhcp-server.service failed because the control process exited with
error code.
See "systemctl status isc-dhcp-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
linom1:/etc/default# service isc-dhcp-server status
● isc-dhcp-server.service - LSB: DHCP server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server; generated; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-09-07 11:35:57 CEST; 32s
ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 7646 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server start (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/isc-dhcp-server.service
└─1409 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -q -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: DHCP server...
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 isc-dhcp-server[7646]: /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server: 50:
/etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server: cannot open /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf: No such file
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 isc-dhcp-server[7646]: Launching IPv4 server only.
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 isc-dhcp-server[7646]: Starting ISC DHCPv4 server:
dhcpddhcpd service already running (pid file /var/run/dhcpd.pid currenty
exists) ... failed!
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 systemd[1]: isc-dhcp-server.service: Control process
exited, code=exited status=1
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: DHCP server.
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 systemd[1]: isc-dhcp-server.service: Unit entered failed
state.
Sep 07 11:35:57 linom1 systemd[1]: isc-dhcp-server.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
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Ok, it still wants to open a dhcpd6 config file.
Commented the INTERFACESv6="" line
And it STILL wants to open the dhcpd6 config file.
I put the original dhcpd6.conf file back in place, it is just a bunch of
comment lines and some defaults.
It still does NOT want to start.
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-- Unit isc-dhcp-server.service has begun starting up.
Sep 07 11:40:31 linom1 isc-dhcp-server[7741]: Launching IPv4 server only.
Sep 07 11:40:31 linom1 isc-dhcp-server[7741]: Starting ISC DHCPv4 server:
dhcpddhcpd service already running (pid file /var/run/dhcpd.pid currenty
exists) ... failed!
Sep 07 11:40:31 linom1 systemd[1]: isc-dhcp-server.service: Control process
exited, code=exited status=1
Sep 07 11:40:31 linom1 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: DHCP server.
-- Subject: Unit isc-dhcp-server.service has failed
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Seems it does not want to stop either.
I have never had this much problems getting a simple DHCP server running. :-(
Ok, did:
# apt-get remove isc-dhcp-server
# apt-get purge
reboot
Hmm, purge did not clean everything so:
# rm /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server
# rm /etc/dhcp/dhcpd*
Then
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# apt-get install isc-dhcp-server
linom1:/etc/dhcp# service isc-dhcp-server status
● isc-dhcp-server.service - LSB: DHCP server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server; generated; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Fri 2018-09-07 11:45:23 CEST; 4min 57s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
CGroup: /system.slice/isc-dhcp-server.service
Sep 07 11:45:23 linom1 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: DHCP server...
Sep 07 11:45:23 linom1 systemd[1]: Started LSB: DHCP server.
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Ok, I have default server running again. But with what?
Why the heck does this NOT produce any errors?
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linom1:/etc/dhcp# ls
debug dhclient.conf dhclient-enter-hooks.d dhclient-exit-hooks.d
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There is NOT a single dhcpd*.conf file present.
I am giving up. I have no idea what is happenign any more, it seems this has
gone for something simple to something wierd.
I have been doing this for close to 20 years, running Linux servers with DHCP,
but this leaves me frustrated.
I am going to let this rest for a few weeks and then start allover again with a
fresh new Debian stretch server with noting else on it but a default
isc-dhcp-server and take it from there.
I anyone has any helpful insights, please post them. I will read them when i go
back to this project.
Bonno Bloksma
