.\" $Id: dhclient.leases.5,v 1.8 2011/02/23 23:50:55 sar Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 2004-2022 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2003 by Internet Software Consortium .\" .\" This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public .\" License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this .\" file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT .\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .\" Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. .\" PO Box 360 .\" Newmarket, NH 03857 USA .\" .\" https://www.isc.org/ .\" .\" Support and other services are available for ISC products - see .\" https://www.isc.org for more information or to learn more about ISC. .\" .\" $Id: dhclient.leases.5,v 1.8 2011/02/23 23:50:55 sar Exp $ .\" .TH dhclient.leases 5 .SH NAME dhclient.leases - DHCP client lease database .SH DESCRIPTION The Internet Systems Consortium DHCP client keeps a persistent database of leases that it has acquired that are still valid. The database is a free-form ASCII file containing one valid declaration per lease. If more than one declaration appears for a given lease, the last one in the file is used. The file is written as a log, so this is not an unusual occurrence. .PP The format of the lease declarations is described in .B dhclient.conf(5). .SH FILES .B /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases .SH SEE ALSO dhclient(8), dhcp-options(5), dhclient.conf(5), dhcpd(8), dhcpd.conf(5), RFC2132, RFC2131. .SH AUTHOR .B dhclient(8) Information about Internet Systems Consortium can be found at .B https://www.isc.org.