Ubuntu
ifupdown package

ifdown doesn't kill dhclient

Bug #49801 reported by tho
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #38140: dhclient3 keeps running after ifdown. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ifupdown

After manually converting a head-less server from automatic IP assignment via DHCP (dhclient3) to static IP assignment by editing /etc/network/interfaces and ifdown/ifup the network interface, I discovered a few hours later, that the machine apparently 'fell off the net', since it was assigned the wrong IP address again via DHCP. It turned out that ifdown didn't kill the dhclient, although it ought to.

(ifdown from ifupdown 0.6.7ubuntu7 as distributed with Ubuntu 6.06 x86)

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tho (tho) wrote :

Seems to be related to (part of) bug #38140 .

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Simon Law (sfllaw) wrote :

I believe this report is a duplicate in bug 38140. Please comment in
that bug to indicate interest in fixing this.

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