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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:06:15 -0400, Brian G. Peterson |
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<brian@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Monday 09 October 2006 13:37, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: |
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>> Given my lack of expertise, I'll work on a patch later, and in the |
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>> short term I'll automate the momentary use of the dhcpcd client in a |
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>> hardened jail to negotiate a connection; then record that information; |
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>> then terminate dhcpcd; then use the recorded info and ifconfig or |
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>> iproute2 to create a direct connection. A script or little C program. |
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> Why not just use one of the other clients? |
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> pump drops privs |
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> udhcp drops privs |
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> it looks like dhclient can be configured to drop privs |
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> Why go throught the trouble to use dhcpcd? |
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> Regards, |
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> - Brian |
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Thanks for the follow up. I was following this page : |
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<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?style=printable&part=4&chap=3#doc_chap3> |
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which describes pump as "No longer maintained upstream, unreliable, |
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especially over modems, cannot get NIS servers from DHCP", |
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describes udhcp as "Unproven - no distro uses it by default, cannot define |
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a timeout beyond 3 seconds ", |
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describes dhclient as "Configuration is overly complex, software is quite |
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bloated .........", |
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and (IIUC) recommends dhcpcd ("the longtime Gentoo default") over the |
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other alternatives. |
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Perhaps this handbook is out of date (unfortunately, the individual Gentoo |
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handbook pages have no dates)? |
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Would certainly appreciate a contemporary recommendation. :-) (I'll be |
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googling about looking for info on these other clients) |
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Thanks! |
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