On 25-Jan-2000 Maciej Kalisiak wrote: > I've just recently switched from 'dhcpcd' to 'dhcp-client' (better > configuration, lots of docs). I just installed the package, and edited > '/etc/dhclient.conf' to add a single option (I have to send a "host-name" to > the server). I startup the client, and it configures 'eth0' properly. But I > look at my syslog and it appears that the dhcp-client is also trying to > configure my loopback interface! > > > Why is it doing such a brain-dead thing like that? I had to edit > /etc/init.d/dhcp-client to add "eth0" to the invokation, but this is probably > not the best solution. >
unless you tell it otherwise, it tries on ALL devices it can find. lo is a wee silly though.
