[pkg-dhcp-devel] Bug#605657: isc-dhcp-server: The DHCP server fails to start when only alias interfaces have an address

[Cedric Jeanneret]

Hello,

this bug is still present, and is currently preventing us to upgrade to Squeeze....

here's what we have:


/etc/network/interfaces
#
# ETH3: Interface LAN (wrk/tel/gst)
#
iface eth3 inet dhcp
        metric 0
auto eth3:wrk
auto eth3:tel
auto eth3:gst

iface eth3:wrk inet static
        address 10.26.10.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
iface eth3:tel inet static
        address 10.26.11.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
iface eth3:gst inet static
        address 10.26.12.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0



Revelant part of dhcpd.conf:
shared-network eth3 {
        # File managed by puppet

        subnet 10.26.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
          option routers 10.26.10.1;
          option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
          option broadcast-address 10.26.10.255;
          option domain-name "wrk.cby.camptocamp.com";
            option domain-name-servers 10.26.10.1;
          deny unknown-clients;
          filename "pxelinux.0";
          next-server 10.26.21.8;

        }
        # File managed by puppet

        subnet 10.26.11.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
          option routers 10.26.11.1;
          option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
          option broadcast-address 10.26.11.255;
          option domain-name "tel.cby.camptocamp.com";
            next-server 10.26.21.2;
          deny unknown-clients;
          option domain-name-servers 10.26.11.1;

        }
        # File managed by puppet

        subnet 10.26.12.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
          option routers 10.26.12.1;
          option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
          option broadcast-address 10.26.12.255;
          option domain-name "gst.cby.camptocamp.com";
            allow unknown-clients;
          filename "pxelinux.0";
          next-server 10.26.21.8;
          option domain-name-servers 10.26.12.1;

        }
}

Whan trying to start the daemon, it doesn't see the eth3 interface nor its attached virtual interfaces. Trying to set up "INTERFACES='eth3'" or "eth3:wrk eth3:tel eth3:gst" in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server doesn't help.

Any advise, hint or resolution would be great.

We also tried package version from weezy, it doesn't work...

Thank you.

Cheers,

C.

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Cédric Jeanneret                 |  System Administrator
021 619 10 32                    |  Camptocamp SA
cedric.jeanneret at camptocamp.com  |  PSE-A / EPFL
www.camptocamp.com               | www.github.com/camptocamp
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