1.37.  dhcp

Supplying an interface name (on the command line) that was longer than the size declared by the IFNAMSIZ macro caused an unexpected segmentation fault. This update contains an added process that properly checks the validity of interface names, which resolves this issue. (BZ#441524)

This update corrects a bug in the way the dhclient-script file processed the $localClockFudge variable. In previous releases, this bug caused the NTPD daemon to restart unexpectedly at times. (BZ#450301)

dhclient now retains relay agent options when it enters the INIT and REBIND states. (BZ#450545)

A bug in the network shutdown code prevented dhclient from correctly honoring the PEERNTP and PEERDNS variables in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files. This caused dhcp to replace a modified /etc/ntp.conf file with a default version during a network service restart. This update fixes the bug, ensuring that dhclient-script no longer replaces the /etc/ntp.conf file upon network service restart if PEERNTP and PEERDNS are both set to 'yes'. (BZ#471543)

The dhcpd and dhcrelay init scripts do not support the 'try-restart' and 'reload' arguments. In previous releases, however, using these arguments did not output any error messages to inform the user that the restart/reload attempt failed. With this release, using the unsupported 'try-restart' or 'reload' arguments with the dhcpd or dhcrelay init scripts will correctly display the usage screen and exit the script with a status code 3. (BZ#491868)