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Problem:

I want to change the timeout of dhclient for embedded Linux that doesn’t have DHCP.

What I did:

I have compiled DHCP from isc.org.  I have compiled it with this CFLAGS:

CFLAGS="-D_PATH_DHCLIENT_SCRIPT='\"/sbin/dhclient-script\"'         \
        -D_PATH_DHCPD_CONF='\"/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf\"'               \
        -D_PATH_DHCLIENT_CONF='\"/ISGv2/configs/dhclient.conf\"'"

In my config file, /ISGv2/configs/dhclient.conf (which I designated as _PATH_DHCLIENT_CONF in my CFLAGS, shown above), I have specified a timeout of 3 seconds.

If I execute this command:

dhclient wlan0

It uses a timeout of <something other than 3 seconds>, so it must be reading the "defaults" settings from some other (unknown) config file.

If I execute this command:

dhclient wlan0 -cf /ISGv2/configs/dhclient.conf

it works as expected.

How can I determine what config file it is using by default?

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    What distribution? Did you compile dhclient or did it come from your distribution? – Mikel Aug 25 '17 at 14:52
  • I have compiled the dhclient from isc.org. I don't understand the "pid". If I use the dhclient.conf (dhcpd -cf /ISGv2/configs/dhcpd.conf), it's easy to configure the dhclient, but with when the system uses the dhclient.wlan0.pid wlan0, I don't know which .conf file is using. Thanks. – Kotik_o Aug 25 '17 at 15:00
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    As you compiled it yourself, the default path for the config file totally depends on how you have configured isc-dhcp before compilation. So no one can answer that except you. A typical location is /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf. The option -pf gives a path to a file where it stores the pid, so it's easy for the system to find it later. This file has nothing to do with the config file. – dirkt Aug 25 '17 at 15:13
  • (1) Do you want to mention /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid or not?  If not, delete it from the title. (2) Have you tried using strace to see what files it accesses? – Scott Aug 26 '17 at 19:24
  • Thanks Scott. Using strace I find the problem:open("/etc/dhclient.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) – Kotik_o Aug 28 '17 at 8:39
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Solution:

I don't know if there is a bug in the dhcp from isg.org, but it uses the dhclient.conf located here:

/etc/dhclient.conf
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