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karteek.challa

Hi Friends,


I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in parallel.


My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used to be only one process running always.

But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs, when observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5 dhcp process running in parallel. 

DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.


dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0

May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?


Best Regards,

Karteek


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Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!

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Hi,

I've reproduced the issue by restarting the dhcpd service exactly at the same time from 2 different hosts which had resulted in 2 dhcp processes listening on eth0 interface.

# ps -ef | grep dhcp
root      1284     1  0 Oct23 ?        02:01:27 /sbin/syslog-ng -a /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/dhcp6/dev/log -a /var/lib/named/dev/log
dhcpd    18976     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    18978     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
root     29484 26297  0 14:02 pts/2    00:00:00 grep dhcp

Is this a bug?

Best Regards,
Karteek


From: Karteek Challa (Communications-Telecom Equipment)
Sent: 11 November 2016 04:01
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Subject: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
 

Hi Friends,


I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in parallel.


My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used to be only one process running always.

But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs, when observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5 dhcp process running in parallel. 

DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.


dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0

May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?


Best Regards,

Karteek


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it shouldn't be able to do that because port 67 would already be in use...  The kernel should prevent it.  But I see you are using chroot and so on that I am not familiar with and how that would affect things.


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Hi,

I've reproduced the issue by restarting the dhcpd service exactly at the same time from 2 different hosts which had resulted in 2 dhcp processes listening on eth0 interface.

# ps -ef | grep dhcp
root      1284     1  0 Oct23 ?        02:01:27 /sbin/syslog-ng -a /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/dhcp6/dev/log -a /var/lib/named/dev/log
dhcpd    18976     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    18978     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
root     29484 26297  0 14:02 pts/2    00:00:00 grep dhcp

Is this a bug?

Best Regards,
Karteek


From: Karteek Challa (Communications-Telecom Equipment)
Sent: 11 November 2016 04:01
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
 

Hi Friends,


I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in parallel.


My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used to be only one process running always.

But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs, when observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5 dhcp process running in parallel. 

DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.


dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0

May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?


Best Regards,

Karteek


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Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!

karteek.challa

Hi,


Thanks for your reply!


The DHCP daemon is started in a chroot environment for security reasons and is normal way of doing so.

By doing this, the configuration files will be then copied to the chrooted directory and so the daemon can find them. 

If the DHCP server should ever be compromised by an outside attack, the attacker will still be behind bars in the chroot jail, which prevents him from touching the rest of the system.


I found same UDP port number 67 for both dhcpd processes.


# netstat -tulpn | grep dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           18976/dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           18978/dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:57676           0.0.0.0:*                           18978/dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:30634           0.0.0.0:*                           18976/dhcpd
udp        0      0 :::26560                :::*                                18976/dhcpd
udp        0      0 :::34621                :::*                                18978/dhcpd

Best Regards,

Karteek


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it shouldn't be able to do that because port 67 would already be in use...  The kernel should prevent it.  But I see you are using chroot and so on that I am not familiar with and how that would affect things.


From: "karteek challa" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00:29 PM
Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!


Hi,

I've reproduced the issue by restarting the dhcpd service exactly at the same time from 2 different hosts which had resulted in 2 dhcp processes listening on eth0 interface.

# ps -ef | grep dhcp
root      1284     1  0 Oct23 ?        02:01:27 /sbin/syslog-ng -a /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/dhcp6/dev/log -a /var/lib/named/dev/log
dhcpd    18976     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    18978     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
root     29484 26297  0 14:02 pts/2    00:00:00 grep dhcp

Is this a bug?

Best Regards,
Karteek


From: Karteek Challa (Communications-Telecom Equipment)
Sent: 11 November 2016 04:01
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
 

Hi Friends,


I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in parallel.


My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used to be only one process running always.

But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs, when observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5 dhcp process running in parallel. 

DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.


dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0

May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?


Best Regards,

Karteek


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Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!

glenn.satchell
Do each of the chrooted dhcpd processes have their own /var/run/dhcpd.pid
file in the chroot directory, eg /var/lib/dhcp/var/run/dhcpd.pid? Is there
a /var/run/dhcpd.pid as well? Which process id is in those file(s), and
what is the ownership and permissions?

I would have thought normal behaviour would be to check if the pid file
existed, and complain if it did.

regards,
-glenn

On Wed, November 16, 2016 5:32 am, [hidden email] wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
>
> The DHCP daemon is started in a chroot environment for security reasons
> and is normal way of doing so.
>
> By doing this, the configuration files will be then copied to the chrooted
> directory and so the daemon can find them.
>
> If the DHCP server should ever be compromised by an outside attack, the
> attacker will still be behind bars in the chroot jail, which prevents him
> from touching the rest of the system.
>
>
> I found same UDP port number 67 for both dhcpd processes.
>
>
> # netstat -tulpn | grep dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>      18976/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>      18978/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:57676           0.0.0.0:*
>      18978/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:30634           0.0.0.0:*
>      18976/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 :::26560                :::*
>      18976/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 :::34621                :::*
>      18978/dhcpd
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Karteek
>
> ________________________________
> From: dhcp-users <[hidden email]> on behalf of perl-list
> <[hidden email]>
> Sent: 15 November 2016 22:55:11
> To: Users of ISC DHCP
> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
>
> ** This mail has been sent from an external source **
>
> it shouldn't be able to do that because port 67 would already be in use...
>  The kernel should prevent it.  But I see you are using chroot and so on
> that I am not familiar with and how that would affect things.
>
> ________________________________
> From: "karteek challa" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've reproduced the issue by restarting the dhcpd service exactly at the
> same time from 2 different hosts which had resulted in 2 dhcp processes
> listening on eth0 interface.
>
> # ps -ef | grep dhcp
> root      1284     1  0 Oct23 ?        02:01:27 /sbin/syslog-ng -a
> /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/dhcp6/dev/log -a /var/lib/named/dev/log
> dhcpd    18976     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    18978     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> root     29484 26297  0 14:02 pts/2    00:00:00 grep dhcp
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Best Regards,
> Karteek
>
> ________________________________
> From: Karteek Challa (Communications-Telecom Equipment)
> Sent: 11 November 2016 04:01
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
>
> Hi Friends,
>
>
> I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in
> parallel.
>
>
> My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used
> to be only one process running always.
>
> But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs, when
> observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5
> dhcp process running in parallel.
>
> DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.
>
>
> dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>
> May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Karteek
>
>
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Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!

karteek.challa

Hi Glenn,


Thanks for your reply.


To continue my work, I've killed one of the process. 

So, I've reproduced the issue freshly.


linux-01:~ # ps -ef | grep dhcpd
dhcpd    28406     1  0 05:57 ?        00:00:04 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
dhcpd    29803     1  0 06:21 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0

linux-01:~ # ls -ld /proc/28406
dr-xr-xr-x 8 dhcpd nogroup 0 Nov 16 05:57 /proc/28406
linux-01:~ # ls -ld /proc/29803
dr-xr-xr-x 8 dhcpd nogroup 0 Nov 16 06:21 /proc/29803

linux-01:~ # netstat -puntl | grep dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:39394           0.0.0.0:*                           28406/dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           29803/dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           28406/dhcpd
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:43699           0.0.0.0:*                           29803/dhcpd
udp        0      0 :::64466                :::*                                29803/dhcpd
udp        0      0 :::46109                :::*                                28406/dhcpd

Both these processes have their own dhcpd.id file in their chrooted directory. 
But the value in dhcpd.id is the same new process ID.
Logs as below:

linux-01:/proc/28406/root # cat var/run/dhcpd.pid
29803
linux-01:/proc/28406/root # cd ../../29803/root
linux-01:/proc/29803/root # cat var/run/dhcpd.pid
29803

linux-01:~ # ls -ltr /var/run/dhcpd.pid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 16 06:21 /var/run/dhcpd.pid -> /var/lib/dhcp/var/run/dhcpd.pid
linux-01:~ # cat /var/run/dhcpd.pid
29803
linux-01:~ #


Best Regards,
Karteek


From: dhcp-users <[hidden email]> on behalf of Glenn Satchell <[hidden email]>
Sent: 16 November 2016 02:41:05
To: Users of ISC DHCP
Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
 
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Do each of the chrooted dhcpd processes have their own /var/run/dhcpd.pid
file in the chroot directory, eg /var/lib/dhcp/var/run/dhcpd.pid? Is there
a /var/run/dhcpd.pid as well? Which process id is in those file(s), and
what is the ownership and permissions?

I would have thought normal behaviour would be to check if the pid file
existed, and complain if it did.

regards,
-glenn

On Wed, November 16, 2016 5:32 am, [hidden email] wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
>
> The DHCP daemon is started in a chroot environment for security reasons
> and is normal way of doing so.
>
> By doing this, the configuration files will be then copied to the chrooted
> directory and so the daemon can find them.
>
> If the DHCP server should ever be compromised by an outside attack, the
> attacker will still be behind bars in the chroot jail, which prevents him
> from touching the rest of the system.
>
>
> I found same UDP port number 67 for both dhcpd processes.
>
>
> # netstat -tulpn | grep dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>      18976/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>      18978/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:57676           0.0.0.0:*
>      18978/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:30634           0.0.0.0:*
>      18976/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 :::26560                :::*
>      18976/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 :::34621                :::*
>      18978/dhcpd
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Karteek
>
> ________________________________
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> <[hidden email]>
> Sent: 15 November 2016 22:55:11
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> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
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>
> it shouldn't be able to do that because port 67 would already be in use...
>  The kernel should prevent it.  But I see you are using chroot and so on
> that I am not familiar with and how that would affect things.
>
> ________________________________
> From: "karteek challa" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've reproduced the issue by restarting the dhcpd service exactly at the
> same time from 2 different hosts which had resulted in 2 dhcp processes
> listening on eth0 interface.
>
> # ps -ef | grep dhcp
> root      1284     1  0 Oct23 ?        02:01:27 /sbin/syslog-ng -a
> /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/dhcp6/dev/log -a /var/lib/named/dev/log
> dhcpd    18976     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    18978     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> root     29484 26297  0 14:02 pts/2    00:00:00 grep dhcp
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> Best Regards,
> Karteek
>
> ________________________________
> From: Karteek Challa (Communications-Telecom Equipment)
> Sent: 11 November 2016 04:01
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
>
> Hi Friends,
>
>
> I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in
> parallel.
>
>
> My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used
> to be only one process running always.
>
> But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs, when
> observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5
> dhcp process running in parallel.
>
> DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.
>
>
> dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07
> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>
> May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Karteek
>
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Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!

glenn.satchell
I'd say it's a bug in the startup script provided by the distribution.
It's probably not checking for a pid file in the chrooted directory but
rather only looking in /var/run.

What linux distro are you running, and can you look at the startup script
to see which directory it looks in for the pid file?

regards,
-glenn

On Wed, November 16, 2016 4:49 pm, [hidden email] wrote:

> Hi Glenn,
>
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
>
> To continue my work, I've killed one of the process.
>
> So, I've reproduced the issue freshly.
>
>
> linux-01:~ # ps -ef | grep dhcpd
> dhcpd    28406     1  0 05:57 ?        00:00:04 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
> dhcpd    29803     1  0 06:21 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>
> linux-01:~ # ls -ld /proc/28406
> dr-xr-xr-x 8 dhcpd nogroup 0 Nov 16 05:57 /proc/28406
> linux-01:~ # ls -ld /proc/29803
> dr-xr-xr-x 8 dhcpd nogroup 0 Nov 16 06:21 /proc/29803
>
> linux-01:~ # netstat -puntl | grep dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:39394           0.0.0.0:*
>      28406/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>      29803/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>      28406/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:43699           0.0.0.0:*
>      29803/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 :::64466                :::*
>      29803/dhcpd
> udp        0      0 :::46109                :::*
>      28406/dhcpd
>
> Both these processes have their own dhcpd.id file in their chrooted
> directory.
> But the value in dhcpd.id is the same new process ID.
> Logs as below:
>
>
> linux-01:/proc/28406/root # cat var/run/dhcpd.pid
> 29803
> linux-01:/proc/28406/root # cd ../../29803/root
> linux-01:/proc/29803/root # cat var/run/dhcpd.pid
> 29803
>
> linux-01:~ # ls -ltr /var/run/dhcpd.pid
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 16 06:21 /var/run/dhcpd.pid ->
> /var/lib/dhcp/var/run/dhcpd.pid
> linux-01:~ # cat /var/run/dhcpd.pid
> 29803
> linux-01:~ #
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Karteek
>
> ________________________________
> From: dhcp-users <[hidden email]> on behalf of Glenn
> Satchell <[hidden email]>
> Sent: 16 November 2016 02:41:05
> To: Users of ISC DHCP
> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>
> ** This mail has been sent from an external source **
>
> Do each of the chrooted dhcpd processes have their own /var/run/dhcpd.pid
> file in the chroot directory, eg /var/lib/dhcp/var/run/dhcpd.pid? Is there
> a /var/run/dhcpd.pid as well? Which process id is in those file(s), and
> what is the ownership and permissions?
>
> I would have thought normal behaviour would be to check if the pid file
> existed, and complain if it did.
>
> regards,
> -glenn
>
> On Wed, November 16, 2016 5:32 am, [hidden email] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your reply!
>>
>>
>> The DHCP daemon is started in a chroot environment for security reasons
>> and is normal way of doing so.
>>
>> By doing this, the configuration files will be then copied to the
>> chrooted
>> directory and so the daemon can find them.
>>
>> If the DHCP server should ever be compromised by an outside attack, the
>> attacker will still be behind bars in the chroot jail, which prevents
>> him
>> from touching the rest of the system.
>>
>>
>> I found same UDP port number 67 for both dhcpd processes.
>>
>>
>> # netstat -tulpn | grep dhcpd
>> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>>      18976/dhcpd
>> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*
>>      18978/dhcpd
>> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:57676           0.0.0.0:*
>>      18978/dhcpd
>> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:30634           0.0.0.0:*
>>      18976/dhcpd
>> udp        0      0 :::26560                :::*
>>      18976/dhcpd
>> udp        0      0 :::34621                :::*
>>      18978/dhcpd
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Karteek
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: dhcp-users <[hidden email]> on behalf of
>> perl-list
>> <[hidden email]>
>> Sent: 15 November 2016 22:55:11
>> To: Users of ISC DHCP
>> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in
>> parallel!
>>
>>
>> ** This mail has been sent from an external source **
>>
>> it shouldn't be able to do that because port 67 would already be in
>> use...
>>  The kernel should prevent it.  But I see you are using chroot and so on
>> that I am not familiar with and how that would affect things.
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "karteek challa" <[hidden email]>
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Cc: [hidden email]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in
>> parallel!
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've reproduced the issue by restarting the dhcpd service exactly at the
>> same time from 2 different hosts which had resulted in 2 dhcp processes
>> listening on eth0 interface.
>>
>> # ps -ef | grep dhcp
>> root      1284     1  0 Oct23 ?        02:01:27 /sbin/syslog-ng -a
>> /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/dhcp6/dev/log -a
>> /var/lib/named/dev/log
>> dhcpd    18976     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
>> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
>> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>> dhcpd    18978     1  0 14:01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf
>> /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot /var/lib/dhcp -lf
>> /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>> root     29484 26297  0 14:02 pts/2    00:00:00 grep dhcp
>>
>> Is this a bug?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Karteek
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Karteek Challa (Communications-Telecom Equipment)
>> Sent: 11 November 2016 04:01
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Weird problem of multiple dhcp processes running in parallel!
>>
>>
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>>
>> I am facing a weird problem with the multiple dhcp process running in
>> parallel.
>>
>>
>> My dhcp server was configured to listen on only one eth0  and there used
>> to be only one process running always.
>>
>> But because of some inconsistent behaviour in hosts not getting IPs,
>> when
>> observed the linux machine with the dhcp server installed, I observed 5
>> dhcp process running in parallel.
>>
>> DHCPv4 server running in my linux machine.
>>
>>
>> dhcpd     1934  1.2  0.2  34844  8744 ?        Ss   16:25   4:59
>> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
>> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>> dhcpd    19095  1.2  0.2  34972  8756 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:12
>> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
>> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>> dhcpd    19349  1.2  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  26:01
>> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
>> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>> dhcpd    20649  1.1  0.2  34840  8728 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:41
>> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
>> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>> dhcpd    21533  1.1  0.2  34840  8736 ?        Ss   Nov09  24:07
>> /usr/sbin/dhcpd -4 -cf /etc/dhcpd.conf -pf /var/run/dhcpd.pid -chroot
>> /var/lib/dhcp -lf /db/dhcpd.leases -user dhcpd -group nogroup eth0
>>
>> May I know in what scenario multiple dhcp processes will be created?
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Karteek
>>
>>
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