2.4. dhclient.leases --- DHCP client lease database

2.4.1. Description

dhclient(8) keeps a persistent database of leases that it has acquired that are still valid. This database is a free-form ASCII file containing one valid declaration per lease. The file is written as a log, so it is not unusual to find multiple declarations for the same lease. If more than one declaration appears for a given lease, the last one in the file is used.

The format of the lease declarations is described in dhclient.conf(5).

2.4.2. Files

/var/lib/lease/dhclient.leases

The client leases file.

2.4.3. See also

dhclient(8), dhcp-options(5), dhcp-eval(5), dhclient.conf(5), dhcpd(8), dhcpd.conf(5)