From: Ted Lemon <source@isc.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 01:56:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add a note about why the server doesn't restart with SIGTERM
X-Git-Tag: DHCP-970605^2~1
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4e19a6dfc2e5fc391805528a3980193965b1450d;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcp.git

Add a note about why the server doesn't restart with SIGTERM
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diff --git a/server/dhcpd.8 b/server/dhcpd.8
index e7a06ac83..b19fe34ca 100644
--- a/server/dhcpd.8
+++ b/server/dhcpd.8
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ process ID contained in
 and then re-invoke dhcpd.  Because the DHCP server database is not as
 lightweight as a BOOTP database, dhcpd does not automatically restart
 itself when it sees a change to the dhcpd.conf file.
+.PP
+Note: We get a lot of complaints about this.   We realize that it would
+be nice if one could send a SIGHUP to the server and have it reload
+the database.   This is not technically impossible, but it would
+require a great deal of work, our resources are extremely limited, and
+they can be better spent elsewhere.   So please don't complain about
+this on the mailing list unless you're prepared to fund a project to
+implement this feature, or prepared to do it yourself.
 .SH COMMAND LINE
 .PP
 The names of the network interfaces on which dhcpd should listen for