Special Edition Using Linux®, Sixth Edition

Configuring DHCPD

The dhcpd.conf file can be considered to be composed of several different sections. These sections might apply to all the sections that follow them, or just to the section in question. Often this is obvious. The global parameters section, of course, applies globally (although global parameters can be overridden within a section, if necessary). Other sections are more difficult to figure out. The trick comes in understanding that this file is constructed in a fashion similar to a C program. That is, it makes extensive use of braces ({ } ) to enclose parameters. These braces can be nested so that subsections are enclosed within a section. The way these braces are paired is important to the section as a whole. It is important to ...