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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sysconfig.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | network-scripts/ifup-eth | 2 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sysconfig.txt b/doc/sysconfig.txt index 0d9abbdf..ebd1f2fb 100644 --- a/doc/sysconfig.txt +++ b/doc/sysconfig.txt @@ -604,6 +604,15 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ By default network-scripts will set `accept_ra` only if $IPV6_AUTOCONF is set to `yes`. If you don't want SLAAC addresses but do want to accept RA, then set this to `yes`. Defaults to `no`. + PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT_IPV6=yes|no|1|0 + Without this option, or if it is 'no'/'0', and DHCPV6C=yes, + 'dhclient -6' is run for the interface in "one-shot" mode; if the + DHCPv6 server does not respond for a configurable timeout, then + 'dhclient -6' exits and the interface is not brought up - + the '-1' option is given to 'dhclient -6'. + If PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT_IPV6=yes, then dhclient will keep on trying + to contact the DHCPv6 server when it does not respond - no '-1' + option is given to 'dhclienti -6'. Special configuration options for multi-homed hosts etc. IPV6_ROUTER=yes|no: Controls IPv6 autoconfiguration diff --git a/network-scripts/ifup-eth b/network-scripts/ifup-eth index 2f58d195..a4c0d2b4 100755 --- a/network-scripts/ifup-eth +++ b/network-scripts/ifup-eth @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ if is_true "${DHCPV6C}" && [ -x /sbin/dhclient ]; then echo -n $"Determining IPv6 information for ${DEVICE}..." # Initialize the dhclient args for IPv6 and obtain the hostname options if needed: - if is_true "${PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT}"; then + if is_true "${PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT_IPV6}"; then ONESHOT=""; else ONESHOT="-1"; |