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| author | David Hankins <dhankins@isc.org> | 2005-09-14 16:03:33 +0000 |
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| committer | David Hankins <dhankins@isc.org> | 2005-09-14 16:03:33 +0000 |
| commit | 9d4438113cfdb9acc9c03c8fe71d1ac2b89e584f (patch) | |
| tree | 9b353261542cfa6da5edcf412ce8440b374f27cd | |
| parent | 0891ef5e2102c45cf62a2e967ea874a508031ac7 (diff) | |
| download | isc-dhcp-9d4438113cfdb9acc9c03c8fe71d1ac2b89e584f.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/client/dhclient.8 b/client/dhclient.8 index 3701c11f..d7635038 100644 --- a/client/dhclient.8 +++ b/client/dhclient.8 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .\" <info@isc.org> .\" http://www.isc.org/ .\" -.\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.12.2.10 2005/08/03 08:37:22 dhankins Exp $ +.\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.12.2.11 2005/09/14 16:03:33 dhankins Exp $ .\" .TH dhclient 8 .SH NAME @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client .B -d ] [ +.B -e +.I VAR=value +] +[ .B -q ] [ @@ -185,6 +189,15 @@ flag should be specified. This is useful when running the client under a debugger, or when running it out of inittab on System V systems. .PP +The dhclient daemon creates its own environment when executing the +dhclient-script to do the grunt work of interface configuration. +To define extra environment variables and their values, use the +.B -e +flag, followed by the environment variable name and value assignment, +just as one would assign a variable in a shell. Eg: +.B -e +.I IF_METRIC=1 +.PP The client normally prints a startup message and displays the protocol sequence to the standard error descriptor until it has acquired an address, and then only logs messages using the |