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From: "George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
To: ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:23:50 +0000
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Subject: Re: libnet - ok, but is there anything for packets ???
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On  4 Apr 99 at 11:08, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> I think (but am not sure) that there _is_ a DHCP client for Linux.

Yes, there is and it works reasonably well -- though the 
documentation (HOWTO) states that most distributions (as of its 
writing, of course) are misconfigured.  Look for dhcpcd -- 
that's the client daemon.  dhcpd is the server, which Michelle 
probably doesn't need.

> Two minor observations:
> 
> A .sig should start with "--" (without the quotes) alone on a line.

It's actually "\n-- \n" -- with the space, IIRC.

-- 
George