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    • K Offline
      kalu
      last edited by

      Hello gentlemens
      I have enabled DHCP on Lan interface now the error log shows as below and dhcp server is stopped
      any hints why it be ??

      php: /status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf vr0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.1-P1 Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ no such group: _dhcp If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before requesting help. If you did get this software from ftp.isc.org and have not yet read the README, please read it before requesting help. If you intend to request help from the dhcp-server@isc.org mailing list, please read the section on the README about submitting bug reports and requests for help. Please do not under any circumstances send requests for help directly to the authors of this software - please send them to the appropriate mailing list as described in the README file. exiting.'

      thanks
      kalu

      i love pfsense because i love open source.

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      • K Offline
        kalu
        last edited by

        i'm completely lost
        :(

        i love pfsense because i love open source.

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          wallabybob
          last edited by

          I've made bold what I suspect dhcpd is complaining about:

          php: /status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf vr0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.1-P1 Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ no such group: _dhcp If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before requesting help. If you did get this software from ftp.isc.org and have not yet read the README, please read it before requesting help. If you intend to request help from the dhcp-server@isc.org mailing list, please read the section on the README about submitting bug reports and requests for help. Please do not under any circumstances send requests for help directly to the authors of this software - please send them to the appropriate mailing list as described in the README file. exiting.'

          dhcpd is supposed to run as user dhcpd and member of group _dhcp but the system apparently doesn't know anything about group _dhcp. (I don't have this problem on either of my two pfSense systems.)

          Have you been meddling with system files?

          Does it come good after a reboot?

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          • K Offline
            kalu
            last edited by

            No i just hard rebooted the router after it got hang.
            thanks

            i love pfsense because i love open source.

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