In /etc/eucalyptus/eucalyptus.conf, VNET_DHCPDAEMON and VNET_DHCPUSER should be set to value appropriate for Ubuntu

[Etienne Goyer]

The default value for the directives VNET_DHCPDAEMON and VNET_DHCPUSER in /etc/eucalyptus/eucalyptus.conf are not correct for Ubuntu. This is not such a big deal, as these two directive are ignored when using the SYSTEM mode (VNET_MODE="SYSTEM"), which is the default on Ubuntu. However, if you want to change the networking mode to MANAGED, you will need to change these two directives to value appropriate for Ubuntu (VNET_DHCPDAEMON="/usr/sbin/dhcpd3" and VNET_DHCPUSER="dhcpd", respectively). It would be good to have that by default in eucalyptus.conf.

That is on jaunty, eucalyptus 1.5~bzr266-0ubuntu2.

[Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands)]

This could be fixed relatively easily by calling euca_conf in the postinst script of either eucalyptus-common or -cc, such as:

    euca_conf --dhcpd /usr/sbin/dhcpd3
    euca_conf --dhcp_user dhcpd

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Okay, I'll add this to the eucalyptus-common.postinst for initial installation configuration.

:-Dustin

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package eucalyptus - 1.6~bzr854-0ubuntu6

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eucalyptus (1.6~bzr854-0ubuntu6) karmic; urgency=low

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  * debian/eucalyptus-common.postinst: configure VNET_DHCPDAEMON and
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  [ Colin Watson ]
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 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:01:29 -0700