No free leases

When checking your messages file on a Linux server

tail -f /var/log/messages

you might see something like: 

network 0.0.0.0/0: no free leases

This means dhcpd is not running correctly. You can fix dhcpd if you think you need it. Since it's not working correctly, in most cases you can just disable it. You will need to have a static IP running on the server to have remote access.

systemctl stop dhcpd.service

You can always start it back up again anytime

systemctl start dhcpd.service

By default dhcpd does not activate on boot, so disabling it will fix the no free leases error until you manually start dhcpd again.

 

  • no free leases, dhcpdiscover
  • 13 Users Found This Useful
Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

How to flush your DNS cache

Your home computer creates a cache for all DNS settings. It does this to save time each time you...

What is the root login for my new VPS server?

The root login is the same password our system sent you in your welcome email. You just change...

What is the path to PERL?

The path to PERL in PERL script is:#!/usr/local/bin/perl

Do you troubleshoot scripts and apps?

Hello,Sorry, but troubleshooting sripts and apps needs to be done by the scipt maker or a...

How to use PHP-CLI

You would call '/usr/local/bin/php' if you need the php-cli binary, and '/usr/bin/php' if you...