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25.Dd March 19, 2012
26.Dt DHCPCD-RUN-HOOKS 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm dhcpcd-run-hooks
30.Nd DHCP client configuration script
31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32.Nm
33is used by
34.Xr dhcpcd 8
35to run any system and user defined hook scripts.
36System hook scripts are found in
37.Pa @HOOKDIR@
38and the user defined hooks are
39.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.enter-hook .
40and
41.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.exit-hook .
42The default install supplies hook scripts for configuring
43.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
44and the hostname.
45Your distribution may have included other hook scripts to say configure
46ntp or ypbind.
47A test hook is also supplied that simply echos the dhcp variables to the
48console from DISCOVER message.
49.Pp
50Each time
51.Nm
52is invoked,
53.Ev $interface
54is set to the interface that
55.Nm dhcpcd
56is run on and
57.Ev $reason
58is to the reason why
59.Nm
60was invoked.
61DHCP information to be configured is held in variables starting with the word
62new_ and old DHCP information to be removed is held in variables starting with
63the word old_.
64.Nm dhcpcd
65can display the full list of variables it knows how about by using the
66.Fl V , -variables
67argument.
68.Pp
69Here's a list of reasons why
70.Nm
71could be invoked:
72.Bl -tag -width ROUTERADVERT
73.It Dv PREINIT
74dhcpcd is starting up and any pre-initialisation should be done.
75.It Dv CARRIER
76dhcpcd has detected the carrier is up.
77This is generally just a notification and no action need be taken.
78.It Dv INFORM
79dhcpcd informed a DHCP server about it's address and obtained other
80configuration details.
81.It Dv BOUND
82dhcpcd obtained a new lease from a DHCP server.
83.It Dv RENEW
84dhcpcd renewed it's lease.
85.It Dv REBIND
86dhcpcd has rebound to a new DHCP server.
87.It Dv REBOOT
88dhcpcd successfully requested a lease from a DHCP server.
89.It Dv IPV4LL
90dhcpcd failed to contact any DHCP servers but did obtain an IPV4LL address.
91.It Dv STATIC
92dhcpcd has been configured with a static configuration which has not been
93obtained from a DHCP server.
94.It Dv 3RDPARTY
95dhcpcd is monitoring the interface for a 3rd party to give it an IP address.
96.It Dv TIMEOUT
97dhcpcd failed to contact any DHCP servers but was able to use an old lease.
98.It Dv EXPIRE
99dhcpcd's lease or state expired and it failed to obtain a new one.
100.It Dv RELEASE
101dhcpcd's lease was released back to the DHCP server for re-use.
102.It Dv NAK
103dhcpcd received a NAK from the DHCP server.
104This should be treated as EXPIRE.
105.It Dv NOCARRIER
106dhcpcd lost the carrier.
107The cable may have been unplugged or association to the wireless point lost.
108.It Dv FAIL
109dhcpcd failed to operate on the interface.
110This normally happens when dhcpcd does not support the raw interface, which
111means it cannot work as a DHCP or ZeroConf client.
112Static configuration and DHCP INFORM is still allowed.
113.It Dv STOP
114dhcpcd stopped running on the interface.
115.It Dv DUMP
116dhcpcd has been asked to dump the last lease for the interface.
117.It Dv TEST
118dhcpcd received an OFFER from a DHCP server but will not configure the
119interface.
120This is primarily used to test the variables are filled correctly for the
121script to process them.
122.It Dv ROUTERADVERT
123dhcpcd has received an IPv6 Router Advertisment, or one has expired.
124.El
125.Sh FILES
126When
127.Nm
128runs, it loads
129.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.enter-hook
130and any scripts found in
131.Pa @HOOKDIR@
132in a lexical order and then finally
133.Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.exit-hook
134.Sh SEE ALSO
135.Xr dhcpcd 8
136.Sh AUTHORS
137.An Roy Marples Aq roy@marples.name
138.Sh BUGS
139Please report them to
140.Lk http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd
141.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
142Little validation of DHCP options is done in dhcpcd itself.
143Instead, it is up to the hooks to handle any validation needed.
144To this end, some helper functions are provided, such as valid_domainname as
145used by the
146.Pa 20-resolv.conf
147hook to ensure that the hostname is not set to an invalid value.
148valid_path is also provided, but is currently unused by a stock hook script.
149