DDC(8)			FreeBSD System Manager's Manual 		DDC(8)

NAME
     ddc - DHCP Daemon Control

SYNOPSIS
     ddc [command]

DESCRIPTION
     This command allows the system administrator to control the operation of
     the DHCP daemon. If no command is given, ddc will give an overview of all
     possible commands.

     Commands are:

     start	 Checks if the DHCP daemon is running, if not it will start
		 it.

     stop	 Checks if the DHCP daemon is running, if so it will stop it.

     restart	 Checks if the DHCP daemon is running, if so it will stop it.
		 Then it starts the DHCP daemon.

     configcheck
		 Checks if the configuration is parsed correctly, does not
		 start nor stop the DHCP daemon.

     running	 Check if the DHCP daemon is running, does not start or stop
		 it.


RETURN VALUES
     All commands return 0 if everything went fine, 1 otherwise.


NOTES
     For some commands (start, stop and restart) you need privileged access.
     The non-privileged commands (running and configcheck) still require read-
     access to the pid-file and the configuration-files.


SETUP
     Before starting the program, please make sure that the global variables
     are filled in correctly. Not having looked at them may result in unex-
     pected behaviour.


FILES
     /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd
			   Executable of the DHCPD.
     /var/run/dhcpd.pid    Process id of the DHCP daemon.
     /var/db/dhcpd.leases  DHCPD client lease database
     /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf
			   Configuration file of the DHCP daemon.


AUTHOR
     Edwin Groothuis, edwin@mavetju.org (http://www.mavetju.org)


SEE ALSO
     dhcpd(8)

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