DHCP6C(8)                 BSD System Manager’s Manual                DHCP6C(8)

NAME
     dhcp6c - DHCPv6 client daemon

SYNOPSIS
     dhcp6c [-c configfile] [-Ddfi] [-p pid-file] interface [interfaces...]

DESCRIPTION
     dhcp6c works as a DHCPv6 client and gets information from DHCPv6 servers
     to configure the specified interface.  Multiple interfaces can be speci‐
     fied separated by spaces or tabs, in which case dhcp6c will work on all
     the interfaces simultaneously.

     The command line options are:

     -c configfile
             Use configfile as the configuration file.

     -d      Print debugging messages.

     -D      Even more debugging information is printed.

     -f      Foreground mode (useful when debugging).  Although dhcp6c usually
             prints warning, debugging, or error messages to syslog(8), it
             prints the messages to standard error if this option is speci‐
             fied.

     -i      Info-req mode.  In this mode, stateless DHCPv6 is executed with
             the folllowing configuration, and the obtained info is written to
             stdout.  After this output, dhcp6c is terminated.  (suits for a
             use in shell-script etc).

              interface (interface given in the argument) {
                     information-only;
                     script (a script which displays the received information to stdout);
              };

             Since the configuration is internally generated, you cannot pro‐
             vide a configuration in this mode.  If you want to have different
             actions for the stateless DHCPv6 information, you should write an
             appropriate configuration and invoke dhcp6c without this option.

     -p pid-file
             Use pid-file to dump the process ID of dhcp6c.

     The program will daemonize itself on invocation unless the -f or -i
     option is specified.

     Upon receipt of the SIGHUP or SIGTERM signals, dhcp6c will remove all
     stateful resources from the system.  In the former case the daemon will
     then reinvoke itself, while it will stop running in the latter case.  In
     either case, dhcp6c will send DHCPv6 Release messages to release
     resources assigned from servers.

FILES
     /var/run/dhcp6c.pid         is the default file that contains pid of the
                                 currently running dhcp6c.
     /usr/local/etc/dhcp6c.conf  is the default configuration file.
     /var/db/dhcp6c_duid         is the file to store the client’s DUID.

Configuration Script
     When dhcp6c receives a reply message, it will invoke a supplementary con‐
     figuration script specified in the dhcp6c.conf(5) file.  The daemon will
     provide the script with configuration parameters as environment vari‐
     ables, which include:

     REASON  The reason why the script is invoked.  As of this writing, the
             value is always "NBI" and thus meaningless.
     new_domain_name_servers
             A list of available DNS servers, each of which is an IPv6 numeric
             address and is separated by a white space character.
     new_domain_name
             A list of DNS names, which provides DNS name search path.
     new_ntp_servers
             A list of available NTP servers, each of which is an IPv6 numeric
             address and is separated by a white space character.
     new_sip_servers
             A list of available SIP server addresses, each of which is an
             IPv6 numeric address and is separated by a white space character.
     new_sip_name
             A list of SIP server domain names.
     new_nis_servers
             A list of available NIS server addresses, each of which is an
             IPv6 numeric address and is separated by a white space character.
     new_nis_name
             A list of NIS domain names.
     new_nisp_servers
             A list of available NIS+ server addresses, each of which is an
             IPv6 numeric address and is separated by a white space character.
     new_nisp_name
             A list of NIS+ domain names.
     new_bcmcs_servers
             A list of available BCMCS server addresses, each of which is an
             IPv6 numeric address and is separated by a white space character.
     new_bcmcs_name
             A list of BCMCS server domain names.

     Note that the daemon does not always provide all the parameters.  It sets
     an environment variable only when the corresponding configuration parame‐
     ter is provided by the DHCPv6 server.

SEE ALSO
     daemon(3), dhcp6c.conf(5), dhcp6s(8)

     Ralph Droms, Editor, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
     (DHCPv6), RFC 3315, 2003.

HISTORY
     The dhcp6c command first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.

BUGS
     dhcp6c is incomplete and violates DHCPv6 protocol spec, in several
     aspects.  In particular, temporary address assignment is intentionally
     omitted.

     Information Refresh Time Option is not recognied in Info-req mode, since
     dhcp6c terminates after it receives a REPLY message.

KAME                             Sep 12, 1999                             KAME
