[SOLVED] dhcpd does not start

[denis_p]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to set my computer as a gateway, but when running

/etc/init.d/dhcpd start

It fails and /var/log/syslog says :

Not configured to listen on any interfaces

though /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd contains

INTERFACES="eth0"

Any idea where the problem is ?
Thanks,

Denis

[djennings]

Have you configured the subnet in /etc/dhcpd.conf ?

[denis_p]

Thanks for your answer djennings, i'm really sorry for answering such a long time after your post.
For some unknown reason, though I had subscribed to that topic, your post notice did not arrive into my mailbox.

I recently did a full reinstall of Mageia 1 and performed new tests that made me find the reason for my problem :
my network is only composed with two computers, one client and one gateway linked with a simple ethernet cable. So, when the client computer is not powered on, the ethernet network appears to the gateway as if it was down, that's the reason why dhcpd refuses to start on it.
As soon as the client computer is on, /etc/init.d/dhcpd start succeeds.

I wanted to mark that topic as solved in my first message, but maybe because it's too old, that does not seem possible. So it will stay as it is.