From 4a3be174e47351a0a505fd129e3e2a128e27f8ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ido Rosen Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 23:41:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify persistent wording to address confusion. When persistent is not specified, dhcpcd de-configures the interface at exit. However, the default dhcpcd.conf example provided enables the option. See https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/discussions/140 --- src/dhcpcd.8.in | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/dhcpcd.8.in b/src/dhcpcd.8.in index a7ef8fef..4cd092e5 100644 --- a/src/dhcpcd.8.in +++ b/src/dhcpcd.8.in @@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ variable for use in .Pa @SCRIPT@ . .It Fl p , Fl Fl persistent .Nm -normally de-configures the +de-configures the .Ar interface -when it exits. +when it exits unless this option is enabled. Sometimes, this isn't desirable if, for example, you have root mounted over NFS or SSH clients connect to this host and they need to be notified of the host shutting down.