dhcp-client trying to configure `lo'(loopback)
I've just recently switched from 'dhcpcd' to 'dhcp-client' (better
configuration, lots of docs). I just installed the package, and edited
'/etc/dhclient.conf' to add a single option (I have to send a "host-name" to
the server). I startup the client, and it configures 'eth0' properly. But I
look at my syslog and it appears that the dhcp-client is also trying to
configure my loopback interface!
Jan 25 12:35:28 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Jan 25 12:35:36 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Jan 25 12:35:44 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
Jan 25 12:35:57 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
Jan 25 12:36:15 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
Jan 25 12:36:22 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Jan 25 12:36:22 khazad-dum dhclient-2.2.x: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
[...keeps on going forever...]
Why is it doing such a brain-dead thing like that? I had to edit
/etc/init.d/dhcp-client to add "eth0" to the invokation, but this is probably
not the best solution.
Also noticed that, unlike 'dhcpcd', "/etc/init.d/dhcp-client stop" does
absolutely nothing ('dhcpcd' killed the daemon and brought the interface
down). Is this intentional? I just did "apt-get install dhcp-client" this
morning, so this is the most recent version of the package.
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