DHCP wont start on f12

[megaton]

DHCP server on F12 wont to start, recieving "semicolon expected." errors everytime
have to start in on eth0 alias
my /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
============================
DHCPARGS="eth0:0"
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
authoritative;

subnet 192.168.235.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.235.100 192.168.235.200;
option domain-name "123.net";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.235.1;
option broadcast-address 192.168.235.255;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.235.1;
option ip-forwarding off;
default-lease-time 32400;
max-lease-time 194400;
}
============================

and message log

Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.1.0p1
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: All rights reserved.
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 2: semicolon expected.
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: ddns-update-style
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: ^
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 8: range declaration not allowed here.
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: range
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: ^
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 16: expecting a declaration
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: max-lease-time 194400;
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: ^
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: Configuration file errors encountered -- exiting
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd:
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: on ftp.isc.org. Features have been added and other changes
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: have been made to the base software release in order to make
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: it work better with this distribution.
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd:
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site:
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: http://bugzilla.redhat.com
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd:
Feb 5 01:24:14 asd dhcpd: exiting.

if i comment firts 3 lines, than semicolon expected." errors will point again from next uncomented line.
is it a bug or i`m doing something wrong

[jenaniston]

Originally Posted by megaton

DHCP server on F12 wont to start, recieving "semicolon expected." errors everytime
have to start in on eth0 alias
my /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
============================

is it a bug or i`m doing something wrong

Guess what . . . not a bug . . . you are missing a semicolon on some line.

I run the dhcpd server everyday on F12 KDE to PXE boot my client laptop -
I also have used with the dhcp server on F11 gnome.

So, try to find the semicolon needed on some line before the line of the error because that part can be inaccurate.

[root@localhost ~]# cd /etc/dhcp/
[root@localhost dhcp]# vi dhcpd.conf

Once fixed just run

[root@localhost ~]# dhcpd

or

[root@localhost ~]# service dhcpd start

It helps if you vi edit the /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file in a seperate terminal window and just go back and forth -
getting the errors don't hurt anything - it just won't start the dhcp server - and will just give another error until all are correct if there are several.

The semicolons ; are little buggas - t'b'sure.

Good luck

[JEO]

"subnet 192.168.235.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {"

Try changing the last character of this line to a semicolon or maybe it needs a matching }

[megaton]

line 2, 3 and 4 have semicolon, but i got errors anyway, if i comment line 2 than line 3 will come with error in log. any ideas?

[sonoran]

Why not line 1?
DHCPARGS="eth0:0";

[megaton]

no i have another error (
my dhcpd.conf

interface eth0:0;
ddns-update-style none;
ignore client-updates;
authoritative;

option domain-name "123.net";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.235.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.235.255;
option routers 192.168.235.1;
option ip-forwarding off;

default-lease-time 32400; # 9 hours
max-lease-time 194400; # 54 hours, 6 working days

subnet 192.168.235.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.235.75 192.168.235.99;
range 192.168.235.110 192.168.235.250;
}

and error is

Feb  5 05:20:59 asd dhcpd: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf line 0: expecting a parameter or declaration
Feb  5 05:20:59 asd dhcpd:
Feb  5 05:20:59 asd dhcpd: ^
Feb  5 05:20:59 asd dhcpd: Configuration file errors encountered -- exiting
Feb  5 05:20:59 asd dhcpd:

[sonoran]

in line 3 - should it be "deny client-updates" instead of "ignore client-updates"?