DHCP server on Linux

[deuce868]

I have a DHCP server running on Debian woody of linux. I had a problem with my MS2k Terminal Servers taking up 8+ dynamic IPs each from my DHCP range (even though I shut down the DHCP client service on them and they are single NIC static IP machines)

When I first set up the Linux DHCP server they had leases out. I since set them up as reserved IPs in the DHCP setup and it is still showing the TS in the leases file, but their end dates are 5/26. Do they just not clean out of the lease file until they are claimed by another machine or what? Anyone know for sure if I can just remove them safely from the leases file to clean it up or anything?

Thanks

 

[XOR != OR]

dhcpd on linux is one of those nice servers that you don't have to touch to keep running correctly.

Leave the lease file alone, it'll figure itself out. When it has to allocate them, it won't have any problems doing so.