dhcpsvc.conf(4) 														   dhcpsvc.conf(4)

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       dhcpsvc.conf - file containing service configuration parameters for the DHCP service

       The dhcpsvc.conf file resides in directory /etc/inet and contains parameters for specifying Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ser-
       vice configuration settings, including the type and location of DHCP data store used.

       The description of the dhcpsvc.conf file in this man page is informational only. The preferred method of setting or modifying values within
       the dhcpsvc.conf file is by using dhcpconfig(1M) or the dhcpmgr(1M) utility. Do not edit the dhcpsvc.conf file.

       The  dhcpsvc.conf  file format is ASCII; comment lines begin with the crosshatch (#) character. Parameters consist of a keyword followed by
       an equals (=) sign followed by the parameter value, of the form:

       Keyword=Value

       The following Keyword and Value parameters are supported:

       BOOTP_COMPAT

	   String. automatic or manual. Enables support of BOOTP clients. Default is no BOOTP. Value  selects  BOOTP  address  allocation  method.
	   automatic to support all BOOTP clients, manual to support only registered BOOTP clients. server mode only parameter.

       CACHE_TIMEOUT

	   Integer. Number of seconds the server caches data from data store. Used to improve performance. Default is 10 seconds. server mode only
	   parameter.

       CONVER

	   Integer. Container version. Used by DHCP administrative tools to identify which version of the public module is being used to  adminis-
	   ter the data store. CONVER should not be changed manually.

       DAEMON_ENABLED

	   TRUE/FALSE.	If  TRUE, the DHCP daemon can be run. If FALSE, DHCP daemon process exits immediately if the daemon is started. Default is
	   TRUE. Generic parameter.

       HOSTS_DOMAIN

	   String. Defines name service domain that DHCP administration tools use when managing the hosts table. Valid only when HOSTS_RESOURCE is
	   set to nisplus or dns.

       HOSTS_RESOURCE

	   String. Defines what name service resource should be used by the DHCP administration tools when managing the hosts table. Current valid
	   values are files, nisplus, and dns.

       ICMP_VERIFY

	   TRUE/FALSE. Toggles ICMP echo verification of IP addresses. Default is TRUE. server mode only parameter.

       INTERFACES

	   String. Comma-separated list of interface names to listen to. Generic parameter.

       LOGGING_FACILITY

	   Integer. Local facility number (0-7 inclusive) to log DHCP events to. Default is not to log transactions. Generic parameter.

       OFFER_CACHE_TIMEOUT

	   Integer. Number of seconds before OFFER cache timeouts occur. Default is 10 seconds. server mode only parameter.

       PATH

	   Path to DHCP data tables within the data store specified by the RESOURCE parameter. The value of the PATH keyword is  specific  to  the
	   RESOURCE.

       RELAY_DESTINATIONS

	   String. Comma-separated list of host names and/or IP addresses of relay destinations. relay mode only parameter.

       RELAY_HOPS

	   Integer. Max number of BOOTP relay hops before packet is dropped. Default is 4. Generic parameter.

       RESCAN_INTERVAL

	   Integer. Number of minutes between automatic dhcptab rescans. Default is not to do rescans. server mode only parameter.

       RESOURCE

	   Data store resource used. Use this parameter to name the public module. See the PATH keyword in dhcp_modules(5).

       RESOURCE_CONFIG

	   String.  The  private  layer provides for module-specific configuration information through the use of the RESOURCE_CONFIG keyword. See
	   dhcp_modules(5).

	   Providers can access RESOURCE_CONFIG using the configure function by specifying an optional service provider layer API function:

	   int configure(const char *configp);

	   If this function is defined by the public module provider, it is called during module load time by the private layer, with the contents
	   of the RESOURCE_CONFIG string acquired by the administrative interface (in the case of the dhcpmgr, through the use of a public module-
	   specific java bean extending the dhcpmgr to provide a configuration dialog for this information.

       RUN_MODE

	   server or relay. Selects daemon run mode. Default is server.

       SECONDARY_SERVER_TIMEOUT

	   Integer. The number of seconds a secondary server waits for a primary server to respond before responding itself. Default  is  20  sec-
	   onds. This is a server mode only parameter.

       UPDATE_TIMEOUT

	   Integer.  Number of seconds to wait for a response from the DNS server before timing out. If this parameter is present, the DHCP daemon
	   updates DNS on behalf of DHCP clients, and waits the number of seconds specified  for  a  response  before  timing  out.  You  can  use
	   UPDATE_TIMEOUT  without  specifying	a  number  to  enable DNS updates with the default timeout of 15 seconds. If this parameter is not
	   present, the DHCP daemon does not update DNS for DHCP clients.

       VERBOSE

	   TRUE/FALSE. Toggles verbose mode, determining amount of status and error messages reported by the daemon. Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE
	   only for debugging. Generic parameter.

       dhcpmgr(1M), in.dhcpd(1M), dhcp(5), dhcp_modules(5)

								    26 Jun 2003 						   dhcpsvc.conf(4)