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901b42de 25.Dd April 5, 2013
ba9dfb7a 26.Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5 SMM
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28.Sh NAME
29.Nm dhcpcd.conf
443c8695 30.Nd dhcpcd configuration file
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31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32Although
33.Nm dhcpcd
34can do everything from the command line, there are cases where it's just easier
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35to do it once in a configuration file.
36Most of the options found in
ba9dfb7a 37.Xr dhcpcd 8
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38can be used here.
39The first word on the line is the option and the rest of the line is the value.
40Leading and trailing whitespace for the option and value are trimmed.
41You can escape characters in the value using the \\ character.
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42.Pp
43Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.
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44.Pp
45Here's a list of available options:
46.Bl -tag -width indent
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47.It Ic allowinterfaces Ar pattern
48When discovering interfaces, the interface name must match
49.Ar pattern
50which is a space or comma separated list of patterns passed to
51.Xr fnmatch 3 .
52If the same interface is matched in
53.Ic denyinterfaces
54then it is still denied.
55.It Ic denyinterfaces Ar pattern
56When discovering interfaces, the interface name must not match
57.Ar pattern
58which is a space or comma separated list of patterns passed to
59.Xr fnmatch 3 .
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60.It Ic arping Ar address Op address
61.Nm dhcpcd
ff021b0b 62will arping each address in order before attempting DHCP.
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63If an address is found, we will select the replying hardware address as the
64profile, otherwise the ip address.
65Example:
66.Pp
67.D1 interface bge0
68.D1 arping 192.168.0.1
69.Pp
70.D1 profile 192.168.0.1
71.D1 static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
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72.It Ic background
73Background immediately.
74This is useful for startup scripts which don't disable link messages for
75carrier status.
6f767217 76.It Ic blacklist Ar address Ns Op /cidr
ce6b39df 77Ignores all packets from
6f767217 78.Ar address Ns Op /cidr .
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79.It Ic whitelist Ar address Ns Op /cidr
80Only accept packets from
81.Ar address Ns Op /cidr .
82.Ic blacklist
83is ignored if
84.Ic whitelist
85is set.
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86.It Ic broadcast
87Instructs the DHCP server to broadcast replies back to the client.
88Normally this is only set for non Ethernet interfaces,
89such as FireWire and InfiniBand.
90In most cases,
91.Nm dhcpcd
92will set this automatically.
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93.It Ic env Ar value
94Push
95.Ar value
96to the environment for use in
97.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 .
98For example, you can force the hostname hook to always set the hostname with
99.Ic env
100.Va force_hostname=YES .
d2616b08 101.It Ic clientid Ar string
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102Send the
103.Ar clientid .
d2616b08 104If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
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105For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the
106.Ar clientid
107is an empty string then
108.Nm dhcpcd
109sends a default
110.Ar clientid
111of the hardware family and the hardware address.
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112.It Ic duid
113Generate an
114.Rs
115.%T "RFC 4361"
116.Re
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117compliant clientid.
118This requires persistent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's
119not enabled by default.
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120The duid generated will be held in
121.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid
122and should not be copied to other hosts.
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123.It Ic fallback Ar profile
124Fallback to using this profile if DHCP fails.
125This allows you to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf.
ba9dfb7a 126.It Ic hostname Ar name
35d02ae6 127Sends
ff021b0b 128.Ar hostname
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129to the DHCP server so it can be registered in DNS.
130If
35ff0dbb 131.Ar hostname
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132is an empty string then the current system hostname is sent.
133If
134.Ar hostname
135is a FQDN (ie, contains a .) then it will be encoded as such.
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136.It Ic ia_na Ar iaid
137Request a DHCPv6 Normal Address for
138.Ar iaid .
139If none is specified, a default
140.Ar iaid
141is used.
142If the interface name is 4 characters or less then that is used,
143otherwise the interface index is used.
144.It Ic ia_ta Ar iaid
145Request a DHCPv6 Temporary Address for
146.Ar iaid .
147.It Ic ia_pd Ar iaid Op Ar interface / Ar sla_id Op / Ar sla_len
148Request a DHCPv6 Delegated Prefix for
149.Ar iaid .
150If an
151.Ar interface
152and
153.Ar sla_id
154is given,
155then an address is also assigned to that
156.Ar interface .
157A default
158.Ar sla_len
159of 16 is assumed if not given.
160IPv6RS should be disabled globally when requesting a Prefix Delegation like so:
161.Pp
162.D1 noipv6rs
163.Pp
164.D1 interface eth0
165.D1 ia_pd 00:11:22:33 eth1/33:44:55:66
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166.It Ic ipv4only
167Only configure IPv4.
168.It Ic ipv6only
169Only confgiure IPv6.
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170.It Ic fqdn Op none | ptr | both
171none disables FQDN encoding, ptr just asks the DHCP server to update the PTR
172record of the host in DNS whereas both also updates the A record.
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173.Nm dhcpcd
174itself never does any DNS updates.
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175.Nm dhcpcd
176encodes the FQDN hostname as specified in
177.Li RFC1035 .
3adc5520 178.It Ic interface Ar interface
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179Subsequent options are only parsed for this
180.Ar interface .
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181.It Ic ipv6ra_fork
182By default, when
183.Nm dhcpcd
184receives an IPv6 RA,
185.Nm dhcpcd
186will only fork to the background if the RA contains at least one unexpired
187RDNSS option.
188Set this option so to make
189.Nm dhcpcd
190always fork on an RA.
d7555c12 191.It Ic ipv6ra_own
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192Disables kernel IPv6 Router Advertisment processing so dhcpcd can manage
193addresses and routes.
d7555c12 194.It Ic ipv6ra_own_default
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195Each time dhcpcd receives an IPv6 Router Adveristment, dhcpcd will manage
196the default route only.
197This allows dhcpcd to prefer an interface for outbound traffic based on metric
198and/or user selection rather than the kernel.
d7555c12 199.It Ic ipv6rs
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200Enables IPv6 Router Advertisment solicitation.
201This is on by default, but is documented here in the case where it is disabled
202globally but needs to be enabled for one interface.
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203.It Ic leasetime Ar seconds
204Request a leasetime of
205.Ar seconds .
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206.It Ic metric Ar metric
207Metrics are used to prefer an interface over another one, lowest wins.
208.Nm dhcpcd
87b266d2 209will supply a default metric of 200 +
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210.Xr if_nametoindex 3 .
211An extra 100 will be added for wireless interfaces.
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212.It Ic noalias
213IPv4 addresses added will overwrite a pre-existing address instead of working
214alongside.
ba9dfb7a 215.It Ic noarp
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216Don't send any ARP requests.
217This also disables IPv4LL.
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218.It Ic nogateway
219Don't install any default routes.
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220.It Ic nohook Ar script
221Don't run this hook script.
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222Matches full name, or prefixed with 2 numbers optionally ending with
223.Pa .sh .
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224.Pp
225So to stop
226.Nm dhcpcd
227from touching your DNS or MTU settings you would do:-
228.D1 nohook resolv.conf, mtu
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229.It Ic noipv4ll
230Don't attempt to obtain an IPv4LL address if we failed to get one via DHCP.
231See
232.Rs
233.%T "RFC 3927"
234.Re
91cd7324 235.It Ic noipv6rs
4c6a8bec 236Disable solicitation and receipt of IPv6 Router Advertisements.
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237.It Ic nolink
238Don't receive link messages about carrier status.
239You should only set this for buggy interface drivers.
cc45fbd7 240.It Ic option Ar option
d2616b08 241Requests the
cc45fbd7 242.Ar option
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243from the server.
244It can be a variable to be used in
ee4e620a 245.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8
cf42802e 246or the numerical value.
87b266d2 247You can specify more options separated by commas, spaces or more option lines.
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248.It Ic nooption Ar option
249Remove the option from the DHCP message.
250This should only be used when a DHCP server sends a non requested option
251that should not be processed.
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252.It Ic destination Ar option
253If
254.Nm
255detects an address added to a point to point interface (PPP, TUN, etc) then
256it will set the listed DHCP options to the destination address of the
257interface.
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258.It Ic profile Ar name
259Subsequent options are only parsed for this profile
260.Ar name .
1abffd5b 261.It Ic quiet
87b266d2 262Suppress any dhcpcd output to the console, except for errors.
1abffd5b 263.It Ic reboot Ar seconds
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264Allow
265.Ar reboot
901b42de 266seconds before moving to the DISCOVER phase if we have an old lease to use.
499225e4 267The default is 5 seconds.
901b42de 268A setting of 0 seconds causes
a2a9a498 269.Nm dhcpcd
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270to skip the REBOOT phase and go straight into DISCOVER.
271This is desirable for mobile users because if you change from network A to
272network B and they use the same subnet and the address from network A isn't
273in use on network B, then the DHCP server will remain silent even if authorative
274which means
275.Nm dhcpcd
276will timeout before moving back to the DISCOVER phase.
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277.It Ic release
278.Nm dhcpcd
279will release the lease prior to stopping the interface.
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280.It Ic require Ar option
281Requires the
282.Ar option
283to be present in all DHCP messages, otherwise the message is ignored.
284It can be a variable to be used in
285.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8
286or the numerical value.
87b266d2 287You can specify more options separated by commas, spaces or more require lines.
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288To enforce that
289.Nm dhcpcd
290only responds to DHCP servers and not BOOTP servers, you can
291.Ic require
292.Ar dhcp_message_type .
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293.It Ic script Ar script
294Use
295.Ar script
296instead of the default
297.Pa @SCRIPT@ .
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298.It Ic ssid Ar ssid
299Subsequent options are only parsed for this wireless
300.Ar ssid .
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301.It Ic static Ar value
302Configures a static
303.Ar value .
304If you set
305.Ic ip_address
306then
307.Nm dhcpcd
308will not attempt to obtain a lease and just use the value for the address with
309an infinite lease time.
310.Pp
311Here is an example which configures a static address, routes and dns.
312.D1 interface eth0
313.D1 static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
314.D1 static routers=192.168.0.1
315.D1 static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1
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316.Pp
317Here is an example for PPP which gives the destination a default route.
318It uses the special destination keyword to insert the destination address
319into the value.
320.D1 interface ppp0
321.D1 static ip_address=
322.D1 destination routers
d2616b08 323.It Ic timeout Ar seconds
fedb3da0 324The default timeout for waiting for a DHCP response is 30 seconds which may
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325be too long or too short and can be changed here.
326.It Ic userclass Ar string
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327Tag the DHCP messages with the userclass.
328You can specify more than one.
bac03ede 329.It Ic vendor Ar code , Ns Ar value
87b266d2 330Add an encapsulated vendor option.
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331.Ar code
332should be between 1 and 254 inclusive.
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333To add a raw vendor string, omit
334.Ar code
335but keep the comma.
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336Examples.
337.Pp
338Set the vendor option 01 with an IP address.
339.D1 vendor 01,192.168.0.2
340Set the vendor option 02 with a hex code.
341.D1 vendor 02,01:02:03:04:05
342Set the vendor option 03 with an IP address as a string.
343.D1 vendor 03,\e"192.168.0.2\e"
87b266d2 344Set un-encapsulated vendor option to hello world.
9cb58952 345.D1 vendor ,"hello world"
bac03ede 346.It Ic vendorclassid Ar string
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347The default is
348dhcpcd-<version>:<os>:<machine>:<platform>.
349For example
350.D1 dhcpcd-5.5.6:NetBSD-6.99.5:i386:i386
bac03ede 351If not set then none is sent.
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352Some badly configured DHCP servers reject unknown vendorclassids.
353To work around it, try and impersonate Windows by using the MSFT vendorclassid.
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354.It Ic waitip
355Wait for an address to be assigned before forking to the background.
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356.It Ic xidhwaddr
357Use the last four bytes of the hardware address as the DHCP xid instead
358of a randomly generated number.
eaa90296 359.El
ba9dfb7a 360.Sh SEE ALSO
ee4e620a 361.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 ,
ba97e494 362.Xr dhcpcd 8 ,
065125d4 363.Xr if_nametoindex 3 ,
ba97e494 364.Xr fnmatch 3
ba9dfb7a 365.Sh AUTHORS
760f7628 366.An Roy Marples Aq roy@marples.name
ba9dfb7a 367.Sh BUGS
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368Please report them to
369.Lk http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd