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| author | Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> | 2023-09-17 13:36:33 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-09-17 13:36:33 +0200 |
| commit | 23bef849d917f6c0abc82cd795a5622df6494903 (patch) | |
| tree | 393b0e7226b7ab78be9da6098b8ea899156c666d /man/systemd.network.xml | |
| parent | core: redirect LSan's report to /dev/console during manager exit (diff) | |
| parent | test-network: add testcase for [DHCPServer] ServerAddress= with null address (diff) | |
| download | systemd-23bef849d917f6c0abc82cd795a5622df6494903.tar.xz systemd-23bef849d917f6c0abc82cd795a5622df6494903.zip | |
Merge pull request #29119 from yuwata/network-dhcp-server-allow-null-server-address
network/dhcp-server: allow null server address
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.network.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.network.xml | 41 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml index 0532007010..62adac34e1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.network.xml +++ b/man/systemd.network.xml @@ -3277,12 +3277,43 @@ Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para> <varlistentry> <term><varname>ServerAddress=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Specifies server address for the DHCP server. Takes an IPv4 address with prefix - length, for example 192.168.0.1/24. This setting may be useful when the link on - which the DHCP server is running has multiple static addresses. When unset, one of static addresses - in the link will be automatically selected. Defaults to unset.</para> + <listitem> + <para>Specifies the server address for the DHCP server. Takes an IPv4 address with prefix length + separated with a slash, e.g. <literal>192.168.0.1/24</literal>. Defaults to unset, and one of + static IPv4 addresses configured in [Network] or [Address] section will be automatically selected. + This setting may be useful when the interface on which the DHCP server is running has multiple + static IPv4 addresses.</para> + <para>This implies <varname>Address=</varname> in [Network] or [Address] section with the same + address and prefix length. That is, + <programlisting>[Network] +DHCPServer=yes +Address=192.168.0.1/24 +Address=192.168.0.2/24 +[DHCPServer] +ServerAddress=192.168.0.1/24</programlisting> + or + <programlisting>[Network] +DHCPServer=yes +[Address] +Address=192.168.0.1/24 +[Address] +Address=192.168.0.2/24 +[DHCPServer] +ServerAddress=192.168.0.1/24</programlisting> + are equivalent to the following. + <programlisting>[Network] +DHCPServer=yes +Address=192.168.0.2/24 +[DHCPServer] +ServerAddress=192.168.0.1/24</programlisting> + </para> + <para>Since version 255, like the <varname>Address=</varname> setting in [Network] or [Address] + section, this also supports a null address, e.g. <literal>0.0.0.0/24</literal>, and an unused + address will be automatically selected. For more details about the automatic address selection, + see <varname>Address=</varname> setting in [Network] section in the above.</para> - <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem> + <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |