[KLUG Members] DHCP

[Bruce Smith]

> I'm trying to setup my box to be a DHCP server.Since the daemon is nowhere
> to be found when I  execute an whereis dhcpd I've downloaded the DHCP
> package from Red Hat (dhcp-2.0p15-4.src.rpm).
> When I try to install this package using the command rpm -iv
> dhcp-2.0p1h-4.src.rpm nothing happens except the package name is echoed to
> the screen. When I do a rpm -q on the package ... I'm told it's not
> installed.

That's because you installed the source code ("src".rpm), which does you 
no good unless you want to compile it.

You want to install the binary (compiled) package:  dhcp-2.0pl5-4.i386.rpm
Redhat 7.1 has it on CD #2.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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