System Administration Guide, Volume 3

How to Start and Stop the DHCP Service (Command Line)

  1. Become superuser on the server machine.

  2. Choose one of the following operations:

    1. To start the DHCP service, type the following command:


      # /etc/init.d/dhcp start
      
    2. To stop the DHCP service, type the following command:


      # /etc/init.d/dhcp stop
      

      The DHCP daemon stops until it is manually started again, or the system reboots.