[#37] Updated doc on server authority and DHCPINFORMs

[thirdparty/dhcp.git] / server / dhcpd.conf.5

diff --git a/server/dhcpd.conf.5 b/server/dhcpd.conf.5
index 7bd99b8e42095fd0e6998fd745330d13b2c925e4..d3b2ae8699dbd7d95c28249a4d03fbbb4efb0df8 100644 (file)
--- a/server/dhcpd.conf.5
+++ b/server/dhcpd.conf.5
@@ -2077,6 +2077,12 @@ that the server is authoritative for some subnets within a shared
 network, but not authoritative for others, nor is it meaningful to
 specify that the server is authoritative for some host declarations
 and not others.
+.PP
+In order for DHCPINFORMs to be responded to by the server,
+they must match to subnets over which the server has authority;
+otherwise they will be ignored and logged.  To minimize the
+impact on logging volume, only the first and every subsequent 100th
+occurrence of an ignored DHCPINFORM is logged.
 .RE
 .PP
 The \fIboot-unknown-clients\fR statement