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25.Dd August 31, 2022
26.Dt DHCPCD-RUN-HOOKS 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm dhcpcd-run-hooks
30.Nd DHCP client configuration script
31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32.Nm
33is used by
34.Xr dhcpcd 8
35to run any system and user defined hook scripts.
36System hook scripts are found in
37.Pa /usr/libexec/dhcpcd-hooks
38and the user defined hooks are
39.Pa /etc/dhcpcd.enter-hook .
40and
41.Pa /etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook .
42The default install supplies hook scripts for configuring
43.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
44and the hostname.
45Your distribution may have included other hook scripts to say configure
46ntp or ypbind.
47A test hook is also supplied that simply echos the dhcp variables to the
48console from DISCOVER message.
49.Pp
50The hooks scripts are loaded into the current shell rather than executed
51in their own process.
52This allows each hook script, such as
53.Pa /etc/dhcpcd.enter-hook
54to customise environment variables or provide alternative functions to hooks
55further down the chain.
56As such, using the shell builtins
57.Ic exit ,
58.Ic exec
59or similar will cause
60.Nm
61to exit at that point.
62.Pp
63Each time
64.Nm
65is invoked,
66.Ev $interface
67is set to the interface that
68.Nm dhcpcd
69is run on and
70.Ev $reason
71is set to the reason why
72.Nm
73was invoked.
74DHCP information to be configured is held in variables starting with the word
75new_ and old DHCP information to be removed is held in variables starting with
76the word old_.
77.Nm dhcpcd
78can display the full list of variables it knows about by using the
79.Fl V , -variables
80argument.
81.Pp
82Here's a list of reasons why
83.Nm
84could be invoked:
85.Bl -tag -width EXPIREXXXEXPIRE6
86.It Dv PREINIT
87dhcpcd is starting up and any pre-initialisation required should be performed now.
88.It Dv CARRIER
89dhcpcd has detected the carrier is up.
90This is generally just a notification and no action need be taken.
91.It Dv NOCARRIER
92dhcpcd lost the carrier.
93The cable may have been unplugged or association to the wireless point lost.
94.It Dv NOCARRIER_ROAMING
95dhcpcd lost the carrier but the interface configuration is persisted.
96The OS has to support wireless roaming or IP Persistence for this to happen.
97.It Dv INFORM | Dv INFORM6
98dhcpcd informed a DHCP server about its address and obtained other
99configuration details.
100.It Dv BOUND | Dv BOUND6
101dhcpcd obtained a new lease from a DHCP server.
102.It Dv RENEW | Dv RENEW6
103dhcpcd renewed its lease.
104.It Dv REBIND | Dv REBIND6
105dhcpcd has rebound to a new DHCP server.
106.It Dv REBOOT | Dv REBOOT6
107dhcpcd successfully requested a lease from a DHCP server.
108.It Dv DELEGATED6
109dhcpcd assigned a delegated prefix to the interface.
110.It Dv IPV4LL
111dhcpcd obtained an IPV4LL address, or one was removed.
112.It Dv STATIC
113dhcpcd has been configured with a static configuration which has not been
114obtained from a DHCP server.
115.It Dv 3RDPARTY
116dhcpcd is monitoring the interface for a 3rd party to give it an IP address.
117.It Dv TIMEOUT
118dhcpcd failed to contact any DHCP servers but was able to use an old lease.
119.It Dv EXPIRE | EXPIRE6
120dhcpcd's lease or state expired and it failed to obtain a new one.
121.It Dv NAK
122dhcpcd received a NAK from the DHCP server.
123This should be treated as EXPIRE.
124.It Dv RECONFIGURE
125dhcpcd has been instructed to reconfigure an interface.
126.It Dv ROUTERADVERT
127dhcpcd has received an IPv6 Router Advertisement, or one has expired.
128.It Dv STOP | Dv STOP6
129dhcpcd stopped running on the interface.
130.It Dv STOPPED
131dhcpcd has stopped entirely.
132.It Dv DEPARTED
133The interface has been removed.
134.It Dv FAIL
135dhcpcd failed to operate on the interface.
136This normally happens when dhcpcd does not support the raw interface, which
137means it cannot work as a DHCP or ZeroConf client.
138Static configuration and DHCP INFORM is still allowed.
139.It Dv TEST
140dhcpcd received an OFFER from a DHCP server but will not configure the
141interface.
142This is primarily used to test the variables are filled correctly for the
143script to process them.
144.El
145.Sh ENVIRONMENT
146.Nm dhcpcd
147will clear the environment variables aside from
148.Ev $PATH .
149The following variables will then be set, along with any protocol supplied
150ones.
151.Bl -tag -width xnew_delegated_dhcp6_prefix
152.It Ev $interface
153the name of the interface.
154.It Ev $protocol
155the protocol that triggered the event.
156.It Ev $reason
157as described above.
158.It Ev $pid
159the pid of
160.Nm dhcpcd .
161.It Ev $ifcarrier
162the link status of
163.Ev $interface :
164.Dv unknown ,
165.Dv up
166or
167.Dv down .
168.It Ev $ifmetric
169.Ev $interface
170preference, lower is better.
171.It Ev $ifwireless
172.Dv 1 if
173.Ev $interface
174is wireless, otherwise
175.Dv 0 .
176.It Ev $ifflags
177.Ev $interface
178flags.
179.It Ev $ifmtu
180.Ev $interface
181MTU.
182.It Ev $ifssid
183the SSID the
184.Ev interface
185is connected to.
186.It Ev $interface_order
187A list of interfaces, in order of preference.
188.It Ev $if_up
189.Dv true
190if the
191.Ev interface
192is up, otherwise
193.Dv false .
194This is more than IFF_UP and may not be equal.
195.It Ev $if_down
196.Dv true
197if the
198.Ev interface
199is down, otherwise
200.Dv false .
201This is more than IFF_UP and may not be equal.
202.It Ev $af_waiting
203Address family waiting for, as defined in
204.Xr dhcpcd.conf 5 .
205.It Ev $profile
206the name of the profile selected from
207.Xr dhcpcd.conf 5 .
208.It Ev $new_delegated_dhcp6_prefix
209space-separated list of delegated prefixes.
210.El
211.Sh FILES
212When
213.Nm
214runs, it loads
215.Pa /etc/dhcpcd.enter-hook ,
216any scripts found in
217.Pa /usr/libexec/dhcpcd-hooks
218in lexical order, then finally
219.Pa /etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook .
220.Sh SEE ALSO
221.Xr dhcpcd 8
222.Sh AUTHORS
223.An Roy Marples Aq Mt roy@marples.name
224.Sh BUGS
225Please report them to
226.Lk https://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd
227.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
228.Nm dhcpcd
229will validate the content of each option against its encoding.
230For string, ascii, raw or binhex encoding it's up to the user to validate it
231for the intended purpose.
232.Pp
233When used in a shell script, each variable must be quoted correctly.
234