It seems to me, that the leases file is created as root after startup and then the user of the processs changes to dhcp or whatever. I have to approve this yet. Kind regards.
> Am 07.09.2016 um 23:46 schrieb Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@canonical.com>: > > Ok, your 'systemctl show' output matches the default by all relevant > measures, and the only modified conffile is the expected one (your dhcpd > config). So I'm afraid this brings us no closer to understanding why > this fails for some people and not for others. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186662 > > Title: > isc-dhcp-server fails to renew lease file > > Status in isc-dhcp package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in isc-dhcp source package in Trusty: > Triaged > > Bug description: > After raring upgrade, the dhcp server fails to renew lease file when > it tries to (about every hour). > > The syslog says: > dhcpd: Can't create new lease file: Permission denied > > It looks like a permission problem, because > > # chown -R dhcpd:dhcpd /var/lib/dhcp > > the above command temporarily solves the issue, until dhcpd is > restarted: at that time, the ownership of the directory and the lease > file is set back to root:root. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/1186662/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186662 Title: isc-dhcp-server fails to renew lease file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/1186662/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
