Making my Fedora core 5 box a DHCP server

yum install dhcp

then edit /etc/dhcpd.conf to your liking :)

once you are done editing the /etc/dhcpd.conf file, stop and start (or restart) the service to get it to reload its config
service dhcp start

http://www.tuxdocs.net/wiki/index.php?title=DHCP_Configuration_Examples

Has some good examples, the one you might need is changing what interface dhcpd listens on if you don't want the 'outside' to do dhcp :)
/etc/sysconfigx has the specifics

The yum install dhcp seemed to work, but if I check the status of the service it is stopped. So then I start it and  ( service dhcpd start ) and it failed. It will not start. If I remove the dhcpd.config file form the /etc then it allows it to start but with no reconition. This is also the case for stop/status etc. I have tried to yum install again and it come up with nothing to do. Should I uninstall dhcp and then reinstall it, and if so how.

Thanks
Steve

I just did a remove and a intall but still no good.

Thanks
Steve

What does /var/log/dhcpd.log have in it ? ie. what errors are occuring behind the scenes ?
Sorry I was a little slow... was a busy day :)

Hi did a find / -name *dhcp* but no dhcpd.log.
The dhcpd.conf is the sample one.
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

# --- default gateway
      option routers                  192.168.0.1;
      option subnet-mask            255.255.255.0;

      option nis-domain            "domain.org";
      option domain-name            "domain.org";
      option domain-name-servers      192.168.1.1;

      option time-offset            -18000;      # Eastern Standard Time
#      option ntp-servers            192.168.1.1;
#      option netbios-name-servers      192.168.1.1;
# --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change this unless
# -- you understand Netbios very well
#      option netbios-node-type 2;

      range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.128 192.168.0.254;
      default-lease-time 21600;
      max-lease-time 43200;

      # we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address
      host ns {
            next-server marvin.redhat.com;
            hardware ethernet 12:34:56:78:AB:CD;
            fixed-address 207.175.42.254;
      }
}

any other sugesstions
Thanks
Steve

Just did a fresh install of fedora.
yum installed dhcp ( no problems )
service stop/start/restart dhcpd ( failed )
cp dhcpd.conf.sample to /etc/dhcpd.conf ( just in case this was the problem )
service stop/start/restart dhcpd ( failed )
??????????????

Thanks
Steve

I have worked this out for myself the config in the dhcpd.conf was wrong. I used dhcpd configtest and this showed me the error.

How do I retreive my pionts.

Thanks
Steve