| Simon Kelley | 69cbf78 | 2016-05-03 21:33:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .TH DHCP_RELEASE 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | dhcp_release6 \- Release a DHCPv6 lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP server. |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .B dhcp_release6 --iface <interface> --client-id <client-id> --server-id |
| 6 | server-id --iaid <iaid> --ip <IP> [--dry-run] [--help] |
| 7 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 8 | A utility which forces the DHCP server running on this machine to release a |
| 9 | DHCPv6 lease. |
| 10 | .SS OPTIONS |
| 11 | .IP "-a, --ip" |
| 12 | IPv6 address to release. |
| 13 | .IP "-c, --client-id" |
| 14 | Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 client id. Normally |
| 15 | it can be found in leases file both on client and server. |
| 16 | .IP "-d, --dry-run" |
| 17 | Print hexadecimal representation of generated DHCPv6 release packet to standard |
| 18 | output and exit. |
| 19 | .IP "-h, --help" |
| 20 | print usage information to standard output and exit. |
| 21 | .IP "-i, --iaid" |
| 22 | Decimal representation of DHCPv6 IAID. Normally it can be found in leases file |
| 23 | both on client and server. |
| 24 | .IP "-n, --iface" |
| 25 | Network interface to send a DHCPv6 release packet from. |
| 26 | .IP "-s, --server-id" |
| 27 | Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 server id. Normally |
| 28 | it can be found in leases file both on client and server. |
| 29 | .SH NOTES |
| 30 | MUST be run as root - will fail otherwise. |
| 31 | .SH LIMITATIONS |
| 32 | Only usable on IPv6 DHCP leases. |
| 33 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 34 | .BR dnsmasq (8) |
| 35 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 36 | This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>. |
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