Comparing to output of a vivid VM, the sysctl status differs in one important detail. The initial dhclient again is gone but under the system-ifup.slice there is the new pid...
● [email protected] - ifup for eth0 Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Tue 2015-06-30 15:08:44 CEST; 20s ago Process: 403 ExecStart=/bin/sh -ec ifup --allow=hotplug %I; ifup --allow=auto %I; if ifquery %I >/dev/null; then ifquery --state %I >/dev/null; fi (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 403 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/system-ifup.slice/[email protected] └─736 dhclient -1 -v -pf /run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/... Jun 30 15:08:45 lam-vivid6401 sh[403]: Sending on Socket/fallback Jun 30 15:08:45 lam-vivid6401 sh[403]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255....7) Jun 30 15:08:46 lam-vivid6401 dhclient[430]: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.2.159 on...) Jun 30 15:08:46 lam-vivid6401 dhclient[430]: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.2.159 from...1 Jun 30 15:08:46 lam-vivid6401 sh[403]: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.2.159 on eth0...7) Jun 30 15:08:46 lam-vivid6401 sh[403]: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.2.159 from 192.....1 Jun 30 15:08:47 lam-vivid6401 dhclient[430]: DHCPACK of 192.168.2.159 from 1...1 Jun 30 15:08:47 lam-vivid6401 sh[403]: DHCPACK of 192.168.2.159 from 192.168.2.1 Jun 30 15:08:47 lam-vivid6401 dhclient[430]: bound to 192.168.2.159 -- renew.... Jun 30 15:08:47 lam-vivid6401 sh[403]: bound to 192.168.2.159 -- renewal in...s. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. ubuntu@lam-vivid6401:~$ cat /run/dhclient.eth0.pid 736 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466790 Title: dhclient does not remain running on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1466790/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
