/etc/init.d/dhcp start problem (server)

[kakakoka]

I just installed dhcp on my small test server, since i want to start serving dynamical IP adresses to the computers on my small institutional network (so far theyre running static everything, which is a pain).

My problem is that when i do /etc/init.d/dhcp start, the [ok] at *Starting dhcp does never show up, and the script never exits, so its not returning to the prompt. The server is running fine except for this problem. I'm running dhcp with -d, and I see no errors in my logs, only succesful leases given and renewals. If I exit the init script with CTRL-D dhcp stops running.

Note: Im just running the init script here, not rebooting (don't want to if not nessecary, since im currently running other stuff on the server as well).

Also another thing, to which runlevel should dhcp be added to? I've added it to default so far. Is this fine?

I hope someone can help me out here. Thanks

BTW. searching for problems with DHCP is annoying since one end up with 90% posts regarding dhcpcd. I tried, and looked through a few pages of posts without finding anything relevant to my problem
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[jdgill0]

kakakoka,

Did you also configure /etc/conf.d/dhcp to set the correct interface for the dhcp server, specifically setting IFACE="ethX" -- replacing "X" of course?

Running dhcp server on default runlevel is OK.
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[kakakoka]

jdgill0,

Thanks for answering.

As to your question: My /etc/conf.d/dhcp contains

[kakakoka]

I tried running dhcpd from the prompt, and it runs fine (and returns to the prompt). So probably something is wrong with the init script. Im guessing it could have something to do with the fact that something was left over from a previous installation attempt, where I tried to run dhcp in a chroot jail. I'm now trying emerge -C dhcp, which I will follow up by cleaning /etc/conf.d /etc/init.d /etc/dhcp/*, and a reemerge og dhcp.
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[kakakoka]

Did the above, still didn't work. However then i tried removing the -d from /etc/conf.d/dhcp, so that

DHCPD_OPTS="-q -d"

became

DHCPD_OPTS="-q"

That fixed the problem. Was I using DHCPD_OPTS wrongly or is this a bug in the init script?
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