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0c34e10b 27.Dd August 23, 2021
0b4a1931 28.Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5
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30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dhcpcd.conf
443c8695 32.Nd dhcpcd configuration file
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33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34Although
35.Nm dhcpcd
36can do everything from the command line, there are cases where it's just easier
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37to do it once in a configuration file.
38Most of the options found in
ba9dfb7a 39.Xr dhcpcd 8
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40can be used here.
41The first word on the line is the option and the rest of the line is the value.
42Leading and trailing whitespace for the option and value are trimmed.
43You can escape characters in the value using the \\ character.
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44Comments can be prefixed with the # character.
45String values should be quoted with the " character.
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46.Pp
47Here's a list of available options:
48.Bl -tag -width indent
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49.It Ic allowinterfaces Ar pattern
50When discovering interfaces, the interface name must match
51.Ar pattern
52which is a space or comma separated list of patterns passed to
53.Xr fnmatch 3 .
54If the same interface is matched in
55.Ic denyinterfaces
56then it is still denied.
57.It Ic denyinterfaces Ar pattern
58When discovering interfaces, the interface name must not match
59.Ar pattern
60which is a space or comma separated list of patterns passed to
61.Xr fnmatch 3 .
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62.It Ic anonymous
63Enables Anonymity Profiles for DHCP, RFC 7844.
2bd74fa2 64Any DUID is ignored and ClientID is set to LL only.
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65All non essential options are then masked at this point,
66but they could be unmasked by explicitly requesting the option
67.Sy after
68the
69.Ic anonymous
70option is processed.
71As such, the
72.Ic anonymous
73option
74.Sy should
75be the last option in the configuration unless you really want to
76send something which could identify you.
77.Nm dhcpcd
78will not try and reboot an old lease, it will go straight into
79DISCOVER/SOLICIT.
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80.It Ic randomise_hwaddr
81Forces a hardware address randomisation when the interface is brought up
82or when the carrier is lost.
83This is generally used in tandem with the anonymous option.
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84.It Ic arping Ar address Op address
85.Nm dhcpcd
ff021b0b 86will arping each address in order before attempting DHCP.
6f767217 87If an address is found, we will select the replying hardware address as the
569c0b11 88profile, otherwise the IP address.
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89Example:
90.Pp
91.D1 interface bge0
92.D1 arping 192.168.0.1
93.Pp
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94.D1 # My specific 192.168.0.1 network
95.D1 profile dd:ee:aa:dd:bb:ee
6f767217 96.D1 static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
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97.Pp
98.D1 # A generic 192.168.0.1 network
99.D1 profile 192.168.0.1
100.D1 static ip_address=192.168.0.98/24
32945b61 101.It Ic authprotocol Ar protocol Op Ar algorithm Op Ar rdm
c73ed171 102Authenticate DHCP messages.
0dc49454 103See the Supported Authentication Protocols section.
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104If
105.Ar protocol
106is
107.Ar token
108then
109.Ar algorithm is
21932eab 110snd_secretid/rcv_secretid so you can send and receive different tokens.
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111.It Ic authtoken Ar secretid Ar realm Ar expire Ar key
112Define a shared key for use in authentication.
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113.Ar realm
114can be "" to for use with the
c73ed171 115.Ar delayed
c07e0ab0 116protocol.
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117.Ar expire
118is the date the token expires and should be formatted "yyy-mm-dd HH:MM".
119You can use the keyword
120.Ar forever
121or
122.Ar 0
123which means the token never expires.
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124For the token protocol,
125.Ar secretid
126needs to be 0 and
127.Ar realm
128needs to be "".
129If
130.Nm dhcpcd
131has the error
132.D1 dhcp_auth_encode: Invalid argument
133then it means that
134.Nm dhcpcd
135could not find the correct authentication token in your configuration.
bac03ede 136.It Ic background
ef13f300 137Fork to the background immediately.
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138This is useful for startup scripts which don't disable link messages for
139carrier status.
6f767217 140.It Ic blacklist Ar address Ns Op /cidr
ce6b39df 141Ignores all packets from
6f767217 142.Ar address Ns Op /cidr .
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143.It Ic whitelist Ar address Ns Op /cidr
144Only accept packets from
145.Ar address Ns Op /cidr .
146.Ic blacklist
147is ignored if
148.Ic whitelist
149is set.
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150.It Ic bootp
151Be a BOOTP client.
152Basically, this just doesn't send a DHCP Message Type option and will only
153interact with a BOOTP server.
154All other DHCP options still work.
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155.It Ic broadcast
156Instructs the DHCP server to broadcast replies back to the client.
569c0b11 157Normally this is only set for non-Ethernet interfaces,
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158such as FireWire and InfiniBand.
159In most cases,
160.Nm dhcpcd
161will set this automatically.
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162.It Ic controlgroup Ar group
163Sets the group ownership of
d5aadbad 164.Pa @RUNDIR@/sock
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165so that users other than root can connect to
166.Nm dhcpcd .
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167.It Ic debug
168Echo debug messages to the stderr and syslog.
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169.It Ic dev Ar value
170Load the
171.Ar value
172.Pa /dev
173management module.
174.Nm dhcpcd
175will load the first one found to work, if any.
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176.It Ic env Ar value
177Push
178.Ar value
179to the environment for use in
180.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 .
181For example, you can force the hostname hook to always set the hostname with
182.Ic env
183.Va force_hostname=YES .
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184Or set which driver
185.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
186should use with
187.Ic env
188.Va wpa_supplicant_driver=nl80211
77961e7b 189.Pp
c883b7b9 190If the hostname is set, it will be will set to the FQDN if possible as per
569c0b11 191RFC 4702, section 3.1.
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192If the FQDN option is missing,
193.Nm dhcpcd
194will still try and set a FQDN from the hostname and domain options for
195consistency.
196To override this, set
197.Ic env
198.Va hostname_fqdn=[YES|NO|SERVER] .
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199A value of
200.Va SERVER
201means just what the server says, don't manipulate it.
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202This could lead to an inconsistent hostname on a DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 network
203where the DHCPv4 hostname is short and the DHCPv6 has an FQDN.
204DHCPv6 has no hostname option.
d2616b08 205.It Ic clientid Ar string
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206Send the
207.Ar clientid .
d2616b08 208If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
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209For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the
210.Ar clientid
211is an empty string then
212.Nm dhcpcd
213sends a default
214.Ar clientid
215of the hardware family and the hardware address.
21d35513 216.It Ic duid Op ll | lt | uuid | value
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217Use a DHCP Unique Identifier.
218If a system UUID is available, that will be used to create a DUID-UUID,
219otheriwse if persistent storage is available then a DUID-LLT
220(link local address + time) is generated,
221otherwise DUID-LL is generated (link local address).
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222The DUID type can be hinted as an optional parameter if the file
223.Pa @DBDIR@/duid
224does not exist.
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225If not
226.Va ll ,
227.Va lt
228or
229.Va uuid
230then
231.Va value
232will be converted from 00:11:22:33 format.
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233This, plus the IAID will be used as the
234.Ic clientid .
239b962f 235The DUID generated will be held in
9f51e22b 236.Pa @DBDIR@/duid
d2616b08 237and should not be copied to other hosts.
21d35513 238This file also takes precedence over the above rules except for setting a value.
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239.It Ic iaid Ar iaid
240Set the Interface Association Identifier to
241.Ar iaid .
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242This option must be used in an
243.Ic interface
244block.
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245This defaults to the VLANID (prefixed with 0xff) for the interface if set,
246otherwise the last 4 bytes of the hardware address assigned to the
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247interface.
248Each instance of this should be unique within the scope of the client and
249.Nm dhcpcd
250warns if a conflict is detected.
251If there is a conflict, it is only a problem if the conflicted IAIDs are
252used on the same network.
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253.It Ic dhcp
254Enable DHCP on the interface, on by default.
255.It Ic dhcp6
256Enable DHCPv6 on the interface, on by default.
257.It Ic ipv4
258Enable IPv4 on the interface, on by default.
259.It Ic ipv6
260Enable IPv6 on the interface, on by default.
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261.It Ic request Op Ar address
262Request the
263.Ar address
264in the DHCP DISCOVER message.
265There is no guarantee this is the address the DHCP server will actually give.
266If no
267.Ar address
268is given then the first address currently assigned to the
269.Ar interface
270is used.
6dc3763d 271.It Ic inform Op Ar address Ns Op Ar /cidr Ns Op Ar /broadcast_address
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272Behaves like
273.Ic request
274as above, but sends a DHCP INFORM instead of DISCOVER/REQUEST.
275This does not get a lease as such, just notifies the DHCP server of the
276.Ar address
277in use.
278You should also include the optional
279.Ar cidr
280network number in case the address is not already configured on the interface.
281.Nm dhcpcd
282remains running and pretends it has an infinite lease.
283.Nm dhcpcd
284will not de-configure the interface when it exits.
285If
286.Nm dhcpcd
287fails to contact a DHCP server then it returns a failure instead of falling
288back on IPv4LL.
289.It Ic inform6
290Performs a DHCPv6 Information Request.
291No address is requested or specified, but all other DHCPv6 options are allowed.
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292This is normally performed automatically when an IPv6 Router Advertisement
293indicates that the client should perform this operation.
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294This option is only needed when
295.Nm dhcpcd
569c0b11 296is not processing IPv6 RA messages and the need for a DHCPv6 Information Request
438cfdcd 297exists.
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298.It Ic persistent
299.Nm dhcpcd
300normally de-configures the interface and configuration when it exits.
301Sometimes, this isn't desirable if, for example, you have root mounted over
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302NFS or SSH clients connect to this host and they need to be notified of
303the host shutting down.
15fc1181 304You can use this option to stop this from happening.
ff021b0b 305.It Ic fallback Ar profile
569c0b11 306Fall back to using this profile if DHCP fails.
ff021b0b 307This allows you to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf.
ba9dfb7a 308.It Ic hostname Ar name
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309Sends the hostname
310.Ar name
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311to the DHCP server so it can be registered in DNS.
312If
c883b7b9 313.Ar name
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314is an empty string then the current system hostname is sent.
315If
c883b7b9 316.Ar name
569c0b11 317is a FQDN (i.e., contains a .) then it will be encoded as such.
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318.It Ic hostname_short
319Sends the short hostname to the DHCP server instead of the FQDN.
320This is useful because DHCP servers will not register the FQDN in their
321DNS if the domain part does not match theirs.
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322.Pp
323Also, see the
324.Ic env
325option above to control how the hostname is set on the host.
8fe4bf14 326.It Ic ia_na Op Ar iaid Op / address
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327Request a DHCPv6 Normal Address for
328.Ar iaid .
00ababe4 329.Ar iaid
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330defaults to the
331.Ic iaid
332option as described above.
333You can request more than one ia_na by specifying a unique
334.Ar iaid
335for each one.
22ea2b0d 336.It Ic ia_ta Op Ar iaid
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337Request a DHCPv6 Temporary Address for
338.Ar iaid .
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339You can request more than one ia_ta by specifying a unique
340.Ar iaid
341for each one.
fda2c663 342.It Ic ia_pd Op Ar iaid Oo / Ar prefix / Ar prefix_len Oc Op Ar interface Op / Ar sla_id Op / Ar prefix_len Op / Ar suffix
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343Request a DHCPv6 Delegated Prefix for
344.Ar iaid .
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345This option must be used in an
346.Ic interface
347block.
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348Unless a
349.Ar sla_id
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350of 0 is assigned with the same resultant prefix length as the delegation,
351a reject route is installed for the Delegated Prefix to
94a79cea 352stop unallocated addresses being resolved upstream.
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353If no
354.Ar interface
94a79cea 355is given then we will assign a prefix to every other interface with a
22ea2b0d 356.Ar sla_id
94a79cea 357equivalent to the interface index assigned by the OS.
22ea2b0d 358Otherwise addresses are only assigned for each
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359.Ar interface
360and
9ff636a5 361.Ar sla_id .
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362Each assigned address will have a
363.Ar suffix ,
364defaulting to 1.
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365If the
366.Ar suffix
569c0b11 367is 0 then a SLAAC address is assigned.
12c77e75 368You cannot assign a prefix to the requesting interface unless the
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369DHCPv6 server supports the
370.Li RFC 6603
12c77e75 371Prefix Exclude Option.
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372.Nm dhcpcd
373has to be running for all the interfaces it is delegating to.
00ababe4 374A default
367f7b11 375.Ar prefix_len
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376of 64 is assumed, unless the maximum
377.Ar sla_id
378does not fit.
379In this case
380.Ar prefix_len
b2feeb9e 381is increased to the highest multiple of 8 that can accommodate the
94a79cea 382.Ar sla_id .
367f7b11 383.Ar sla_id
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384is an integer which must be unique inside the
385.Ar iaid
386and is added to the prefix which must fit inside
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387.Ar prefix_len
388less the length of the delegated prefix.
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389You can specify multiple
390.Ar interface /
391.Ar sla_id /
392.Ar prefix_len
393per
394.Ic ia_pd ,
395space separated.
9be26bc3 396IPv6RS should be disabled globally when requesting a Prefix Delegation.
00ababe4 397.Pp
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398In the following example eth0 is the externally facing interface to be
399configured for both IPv4 and IPv6.
400The DHCPv4 server will provide us with an IPv4 address and a default route.
401The DHCPv6 server is going to provide us with an IPv6 address, a default
402route and a /64 subnet to be delegated to the internal interface.
403The eth1 interface will be automatically configured
404for IPv6 using the first address (::1) from the delegated prefix.
b9beb41b 405A second prefix is requested and assigned to two other interfaces.
9be26bc3 406.Xr rtadvd 8
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407can be used with an empty configuration file on eth1, eth2 and eth3,
408to provide automatic
9be26bc3 409IPv6 address configuration for the internal network.
7e609902 410.Bd -literal
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411noipv6rs # disable routing solicitation
412denyinterfaces eth2 # Don't touch eth2 at all
9be26bc3 413interface eth0
ffb6d59b 414 ipv6rs # enable routing solicitation for eth0
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415 ia_na 1 # request an IPv6 address
416 ia_pd 2 eth1/0 # request a PD and assign it to eth1
417 ia_pd 3 eth2/1 eth3/2 # req a PD and assign it to eth2 and eth3
9be26bc3 418.Ed
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419.It Ic ipv4only
420Only configure IPv4.
421.It Ic ipv6only
925fc70e 422Only configure IPv6.
329e1f12 423.It Ic fqdn Op disable | none | ptr | both
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424.Ar none
425will not ask the DHCP server to update DNS.
426.Ar ptr
427just asks the DHCP server to update the PTR
428record of the host in DNS, whereas
429.Ar both
430also updates the A record.
431.Ar disable
432will disable the FQDN option.
433The default is
cb8c4252 434.Ar both .
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435.Nm dhcpcd
436itself never does any DNS updates.
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437.Nm dhcpcd
438encodes the FQDN hostname as specified in
569c0b11 439.Li RFC 1035 .
3adc5520 440.It Ic interface Ar interface
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441Subsequent options are only parsed for this
442.Ar interface .
62f12387 443.It Ic ipv6ra_autoconf
569c0b11 444Generate SLAAC addresses for each Prefix advertised by an IPv6
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445Router Advertisement message with the Auto flag set.
446On by default.
447.It Ic ipv6ra_noautoconf
448Disables the above option.
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449.It Ic ipv6ra_fork
450By default, when
451.Nm dhcpcd
569c0b11 452receives an IPv6 Router Advertisement,
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453.Nm dhcpcd
454will only fork to the background if the RA contains at least one unexpired
e2c4a256 455RDNSS option and a valid prefix or no DHCPv6 instruction.
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456Set this option so to make
457.Nm dhcpcd
628167b1 458always fork on a RA.
d7555c12 459.It Ic ipv6rs
b831a425 460Enables IPv6 Router Advertisement solicitation.
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461This is on by default, but is documented here in the case where it is disabled
462globally but needs to be enabled for one interface.
ba9dfb7a 463.It Ic leasetime Ar seconds
47985cc0 464Request a lease time of
ba9dfb7a 465.Ar seconds .
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466.Ar -1
467represents an infinite lease time.
468By default
469.Nm dhcpcd
470does not request any lease time and leaves it in the hands of the
471DHCP server.
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472.It Ic link_rcvbuf Ar size
473Override the size of the link receive buffer from the kernel default.
474While
475.Nm dhcpcd
476will recover from link buffer overflows,
477this may not be desirable on heavily loaded systems.
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478.It Ic logfile Ar logfile
479Writes to the specified
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480.Ar logfile .
481.Nm dhcpcd
482still writes to
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483.Xr syslog 3 .
484The
485.Ar logfile
9cc7e848 486is reopened when
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487.Nm dhcpcd
488receives the
489.Dv SIGUSR2
490signal.
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491.It Ic metric Ar metric
492Metrics are used to prefer an interface over another one, lowest wins.
493.Nm dhcpcd
0c34e10b 494will supply a default metric of 1000 +
065125d4 495.Xr if_nametoindex 3 .
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496This will be offset by 2000 for wireless interfaces, with additional offsets
497of 1000000 for IPv4LL and 2000000 for roaming interfaces.
a6d84af0 498.It Ic mudurl Ar url
569c0b11 499Specifies the URL for a Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD).
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500The description is used by upstream network devices to instantiate any
501desired access lists.
502See draft-ietf-opsawg-mud for more information.
7dab081f 503.It Ic noalias
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504Any pre-existing IPv4 addresses will be removed from the interface when
505adding a new IPv4 address.
ba9dfb7a 506.It Ic noarp
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507Don't send any ARP requests.
508This also disables IPv4LL.
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509.It Ic noauthrequired
510Don't require authentication even though we requested it.
d672ebda 511Also allows FORCERENEW and RECONFIGURE messages without authentication.
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512.It Ic nodelay
513Don't delay for an initial randomised time when starting protocols.
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514.It Ic nodev
515Don't load
516.Pa /dev
517management modules.
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518.It Ic nodhcp
519Don't start DHCP or listen to DHCP messages.
520This is only useful when allowing IPv4LL.
521.It Ic nodhcp6
522Don't start DHCPv6 or listen to DHCPv6 messages.
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523Normally DHCPv6 is started by an IPv6 Router Advertisement instruction or
524configuration.
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525.It Ic nogateway
526Don't install any default routes.
527.It Ic gateway
528Install a default route if available (default).
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529.It Ic nohook Ar script
530Don't run this hook script.
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531Matches full name, or prefixed with 2 numbers optionally ending with
532.Pa .sh .
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533.Pp
534So to stop
535.Nm dhcpcd
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536from touching your DNS settings or starting wpa_supplicant you would do:-
537.D1 nohook resolv.conf, wpa_supplicant
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538.It Ic noipv4
539Don't attempt to configure an IPv4 address.
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540.It Ic noipv4ll
541Don't attempt to obtain an IPv4LL address if we failed to get one via DHCP.
542See
543.Rs
544.%T "RFC 3927"
545.Re
bb8051bf 546.It Ic noipv6
fabcbe2e 547Don't solicit or accept IPv6 Router Advertisements and DHCPv6.
91cd7324 548.It Ic noipv6rs
fabcbe2e 549Don't solicit or accept IPv6 Router Advertisements.
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550.It Ic nolink
551Don't receive link messages about carrier status.
552You should only set this for buggy interface drivers.
2862d340 553.It Ic noup
f6082bca 554Don't bring the interface up when in manager mode.
cc45fbd7 555.It Ic option Ar option
d2616b08 556Requests the
cc45fbd7 557.Ar option
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558from the server.
559It can be a variable to be used in
ee4e620a 560.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8
cf42802e 561or the numerical value.
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562You can specify more
563.Ar option Ns s
564separated by commas, spaces or more
565.Ic option
566lines.
567Prepend dhcp6_ to
568.Ar option
569to request a DHCPv6 option.
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570If no DHCPv6 options are configured,
571then DHCPv4 options are mapped to equivalent DHCPv6 options.
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572.Pp
573Prepend nd_ to
574.Ar option
575to handle ND options, but this only works for the
576.Ic nooption ,
577.Ic reject
578and
579.Ic require
580options.
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582To see a list of options you can use, call
583.Nm dhcpcd
584with the
585.Fl V , Fl Fl variables
586argument.
2063c6f9 587.It Ic nooption Ar option
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588Remove the option from the message before it's processed.
589.It Ic require Ar option
590Requires the
591.Ar option
592to be present in all messages, otherwise the message is ignored.
593To enforce that
594.Nm dhcpcd
595only responds to DHCP servers and not BOOTP servers, you can
596.Ic require
597.Ar dhcp_message_type .
569c0b11 598This isn't an exact science though because a BOOTP server can send DHCP-like
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599options.
600.It Ic reject Ar option
601Reject a message that contains the
602.Ar option .
603This is useful when you cannot use
604.Ic require
605to select / de-select BOOTP messages.
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606.It Ic destination Ar option
607If
608.Nm
609detects an address added to a point to point interface (PPP, TUN, etc) then
610it will set the listed DHCP options to the destination address of the
611interface.
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612.It Ic profile Ar name
613Subsequent options are only parsed for this profile
614.Ar name .
1abffd5b 615.It Ic quiet
87b266d2 616Suppress any dhcpcd output to the console, except for errors.
1abffd5b 617.It Ic reboot Ar seconds
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618Allow
619.Ar reboot
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620seconds before moving to the DISCOVER phase if we have an old lease to use.
621Allow
622.Ar reboot
623seconds before starting fallback states from the DISCOVER phase.
624IPv4LL is started when the first
625.Ar reboot
626timeout is reached.
a628f34d 627The default is 5 seconds.
901b42de 628A setting of 0 seconds causes
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629.Nm
630to skip the reboot phase and go straight into DISCOVER.
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631This is desirable for mobile users because if you change from network A to
632network B and they use the same subnet and the address from network A isn't
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633in use on network B, then the DHCP server will remain silent even if
634authoritative which means
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635.Nm dhcpcd
636will timeout before moving back to the DISCOVER phase.
dca37a5e 637This has no effect on DHCPv6 other than skipping the reboot phase.
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638.It Ic release
639.Nm dhcpcd
640will release the lease prior to stopping the interface.
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641.It Ic script Ar script
642Use
643.Ar script
644instead of the default
645.Pa @SCRIPT@ .
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646.It Ic ssid Ar ssid
647Subsequent options are only parsed for this wireless
648.Ar ssid .
628167b1 649.It Ic slaac Ar hwaddr | Ar private Op Ar temp | Ar temporary
1aeaf0e7 650Selects the interface identifier used for SLAAC generated IPv6 addresses.
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651If
652.Ar private
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653is used, a RFC 7217 address is generated.
654The
655.Ar temporary
656directive will create a temporary address for the prefix as well.
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657.It Ic static Ar value
658Configures a static
659.Ar value .
660If you set
661.Ic ip_address
662then
663.Nm dhcpcd
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664will not attempt to obtain a lease and will just use the value for the address
665with an infinite lease time.
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666If you set
667.Ic ip6_address ,
668.Nm dhcpcd
ea781ba6 669will continue auto-configuration as normal.
91a44b91 670.Pp
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671Here is an example which configures two static address, overriding the default
672IPv4 broadcast address, an IPv4 router, DNS and disables IPv6 auto-configuration.
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673You could also use the
674.Ic inform6
675command here if you wished to obtain more information via DHCPv6.
676For IPv4, you should use the
677.Ic inform Ar ipaddress
678option instead of setting a static address.
91a44b91 679.D1 interface eth0
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91a44b91 681.D1 static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
6dc3763d 682.D1 static broadcast_address=192.168.0.63
408fe755 683.D1 static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
91a44b91 684.D1 static routers=192.168.0.1
408fe755 685.D1 static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1
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686.Pp
687Here is an example for PPP which gives the destination a default route.
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688It uses the special
689.Ar destination
690keyword to insert the destination address
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691into the value.
692.D1 interface ppp0
693.D1 static ip_address=
694.D1 destination routers
d2616b08 695.It Ic timeout Ar seconds
569c0b11 696Time out after
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697.Ar seconds ,
698instead of the default 30.
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699A setting of 0
700.Ar seconds
701causes
702.Nm dhcpcd
703to wait forever to get a lease.
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704If
705.Nm dhcpcd
706is working on a single interface then
707.Nm dhcpcd
708will exit when a timeout occurs, otherwise
709.Nm dhcpcd
710will fork into the background.
711If using IPv4LL then
712.Nm dhcpcd
713start the IPv4LL process after the timeout and then wait a little longer
714before really timing out.
d2616b08 715.It Ic userclass Ar string
9275b105 716Tag the DHCPv4 message with the userclass.
cf42802e 717You can specify more than one.
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718.It Ic msuserclass Ar string
719Tag the DHCPv4 mesasge with the Microsoft userclass.
720Unlike the
721.Ic userclass
722option, this one can only be added once.
723It should only be used for Microsoft DHCP servers and the
724.Ic vendorclassid
725should be set to "MSFT 98" or "MSFT 5.0".
726This option is not RFC compliant.
bac03ede 727.It Ic vendor Ar code , Ns Ar value
87b266d2 728Add an encapsulated vendor option.
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729.Ar code
730should be between 1 and 254 inclusive.
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731To add a raw vendor string, omit
732.Ar code
733but keep the comma.
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734Examples.
735.Pp
736Set the vendor option 01 with an IP address.
737.D1 vendor 01,192.168.0.2
738Set the vendor option 02 with a hex code.
739.D1 vendor 02,01:02:03:04:05
740Set the vendor option 03 with an IP address as a string.
741.D1 vendor 03,\e"192.168.0.2\e"
87b266d2 742Set un-encapsulated vendor option to hello world.
9cb58952 743.D1 vendor ,"hello world"
bac03ede 744.It Ic vendorclassid Ar string
1300150e 745Set the DHCP Vendor Class.
569c0b11 746DHCPv6 has its own option as shown below.
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747The default is
748dhcpcd-<version>:<os>:<machine>:<platform>.
749For example
750.D1 dhcpcd-5.5.6:NetBSD-6.99.5:i386:i386
bac03ede 751If not set then none is sent.
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752Some badly configured DHCP servers reject unknown vendorclassids.
753To work around it, try and impersonate Windows by using the MSFT vendorclassid.
7a911e57 754.It Ic vendclass Ar en Ar data
1300150e 755Add the DHCPv6 Vendor Indetifying Vendor Class with the IANA assigned Enterprise
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756Number
757.Ar en
758with the
759.Ar data .
760This option can be set more than once to add more data, but the behaviour,
ea781ba6 761as per RFC 3925 is undefined if the Enterprise Number differs.
7013b073 762.It Ic waitip Op 4 | 6
2a07a2af 763Wait for an address to be assigned before forking to the background.
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7644 means wait for an IPv4 address to be assigned.
7656 means wait for an IPv6 address to be assigned.
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766If no argument is given,
767.Nm
768will wait for any address protocol to be assigned.
769It is possible to wait for more than one address protocol and
770.Nm
771will only fork to the background when all waiting conditions are satisfied.
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772.It Ic xidhwaddr
773Use the last four bytes of the hardware address as the DHCP xid instead
774of a randomly generated number.
eaa90296 775.El
8e7d8c37 776.Ss Defining new options
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777DHCP, ND and DHCPv6 allow for the use of custom options, and RFC 3925 vendor
778options for DHCP can also be supplied.
8e7d8c37 779Each option needs to be started with the
2be15e88 780.Ic define ,
a6d84af0 781.Ic definend ,
8e7d8c37 782.Ic define6
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783or
784.Ic vendopt
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785directive.
786This can optionally be followed by both
787.Ic embed
788or
789.Ic encap
790options.
791Both can be specified more than once and
792.Ic embed
793must come before
794.Ic encap .
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796.It Ic define Ar code Ar type Ar variable
797Defines the DHCP option
798.Ar code
799of
800.Ar type
801with a name of
802.Ar variable
803exported to
804.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 .
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805.It Ic definend Ar code Ar type Ar variable
806Defines the ND option
807.Ar code
808of
809.Ar type
810with a name of
811.Ar variable
812exported to
813.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 ,
814with a prefix of
05e49063 815.Va nd_ .
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816.It Ic define6 Ar code Ar type Ar variable
817Defines the DHCPv6 option
818.Ar code
819of
820.Ar type
821with a name of
822.Ar variable
823exported to
824.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 ,
825with a prefix of
05e49063 826.Va dhcp6_ .
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827.It Ic vendopt Ar code Ar type Ar variable
828Defines the Vendor-Identifying Vendor Options.
829The
830.Ar code
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832options.
833.Ar type
834is normally
835.Ar encap .
836.Ar variable
837names the Vendor option to be exported.
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838.It Ic embed Ar type Ar variable
839Defines an embedded variable within the defined option.
840The length is determined by the
841.Ar type .
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842If the
843.Ar variable
844is not the same as defined in the parent option,
845it is prefixed with the parent
846.Ar variable
847first with an underscore.
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848If the
849.Ar variable
850has the name of
851.Ar reserved
852then it is not processed.
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853.It Ic encap Ar code Ar type Ar variable
854Defines an encapsulated variable within the defined option.
855The length is determined by the
856.Ar type .
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857If the
858.Ar variable
859is not the same as defined in the parent option,
860it is prefixed with the parent
861.Ar variable
862first with an underscore.
863.El
864.Ss Type prefix
865These keywords come before the type itself, to describe it more fully.
866You can use more than one, but they must appear in the order listed below.
867.Bl -tag -width -indent
868.It Ic request
869Requests the option by default without having to be specified in user
569c0b11 870configuration.
63bdd2c2 871.It Ic norequest
569c0b11 872This option cannot be requested, regardless of user configuration.
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873.It Ic optional
874This option is optional.
569c0b11 875Only makes sense for embedded options like the client FQDN option, where
ecdbb919 876the FQDN string itself is optional.
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877.It Ic index
878The option can appear more than once and will be indexed.
63bdd2c2 879.It Ic array
b2feeb9e 880The option data is split into a space separated array, each element being
63bdd2c2 881the same type.
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882.El
883.Ss Types to define
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884The type directly affects the length of data consumed inside the option.
885Any remaining data is normally discarded.
886Lengths can be specified for string and binhex types, but this is generally
887with other data embedded afterwards in the same option.
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888.Bl -tag -width indent
889.It Ic ipaddress
cc71162d 890An IPv4 address, 4 bytes.
8e7d8c37 891.It Ic ip6address
cc71162d 892An IPv6 address, 16 bytes.
b21cd906 893.It Ic string Op : Ic length
8f008ca7 894A NVT ASCII string of printable characters.
8e7d8c37 895.It Ic byte
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896A byte.
897.It Ic bitflags : Ic flags
898A byte represented as a string of flags, most significant bit first.
899For example, using ABCDEFGH then A would equal 10000000, B 01000000,
900C 00100000, etc.
901If the bit is not set, the flag is not printed.
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902A flag of 0 is not printed even if the bit position is set.
903This is to allow reservation of the first bits while assigning the last bits.
8e7d8c37 904.It Ic int16
cc71162d 905A signed 16bit integer, 2 bytes.
8e7d8c37 906.It Ic uint16
cc71162d 907An unsigned 16bit integer, 2 bytes.
8e7d8c37 908.It Ic int32
cc71162d 909A signed 32bit integer, 4 bytes.
8e7d8c37 910.It Ic uint32
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911An unsigned 32bit integer, 4 bytes.
912.It Ic flag
913A fixed value (1) to indicate that the option is present, 0 bytes.
8e7d8c37 914.It Ic domain
569c0b11 915An RFC 3397 encoded string.
8f008ca7 916.It Ic dname
569c0b11 917An RFC 1035 validated string.
b21cd906 918.It Ic binhex Op : Ic length
cc71162d 919Binary data expressed as hexadecimal.
8e7d8c37 920.It Ic embed
cc71162d 921Contains embedded options (implies encap as well).
8e7d8c37 922.It Ic encap
cc71162d 923Contains encapsulated options (implies embed as well).
03476881 924.It Ic option
cc71162d 925References an option from the global definition.
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926.El
927.Ss Example definition
569c0b11 928.D1 # DHCP option 81, Fully Qualified Domain Name, RFC 4702
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930.D1 embed byte flags
931.D1 embed byte rcode1
932.D1 embed byte rcode2
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933.D1 embed domain fqdn
934.Pp
569c0b11 935.D1 # DHCP option 125, Vendor Specific Information Option, RFC 3925
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936.D1 define 125 encap vsio
937.D1 embed uint32 enterprise_number
8e7d8c37 938.D1 # Options defined for the enterprise number
63bdd2c2 939.D1 encap 1 ipaddress ipaddress
0dc49454 940.Ss Supported Authentication Protocols
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942.It Ic token
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943Sends a plain text token the server expects and matches a token sent by
944the server.
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945The tokens do not have to be the same.
946If unspecified, the token with a
947.Ar secretid
948of 0 will be used in sending messages
32945b61 949and validating received messages.
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950.It Ic delayedrealm
951Delayed Authentication.
952.Nm dhcpcd
953will send an authentication option with no key or MAC.
954The server will see this option, and select a key for
955.Nm , writing the
956.Ar realm
957and
958.Ar secretid
959in it.
960.Nm dhcpcd
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961will then look for an unexpired token with a matching
962.Ar realm
963and
964.Ar secretid .
925fc70e 965This token is used to authenticate all other messages.
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966.It Ic delayed
967Same as above, but without a realm.
968.El
0dc49454 969.Ss Supported Authentication Algorithms
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970If none specified,
971.Ic hmac-md5
972is the default.
973.Bl -tag -width -indent
974.It Ic hmac-md5
975.El
976.Ss Supported Replay Detection Mechanisms
977If none specified,
978.Ic monotonic
979is the default.
cf0840ef 980If this is changed from what was previously used,
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982will probably have to have its notion of the client's Replay Detection Value
cf0840ef 983reset.
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986Read the number in the file
987.Pa @DBDIR@/dhcpcd-rdm.monotonic
988and add one to it.
989.It Ic monotime
569c0b11 990Create an NTP timestamp from the system time.
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992Same as
993.Ic monotime .
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ba9dfb7a 995.Sh SEE ALSO
0b4a1931 996.Xr fnmatch 3 ,
065125d4 997.Xr if_nametoindex 3 ,
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998.Xr dhcpcd 8 ,
999.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8
ba9dfb7a 1000.Sh AUTHORS
2cfe8d07 1001.An Roy Marples Aq Mt roy@marples.name
ba9dfb7a 1002.Sh BUGS
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1003Please report them to
1004.Lk http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd