disable automatic running of dhcpcd at startup

Question

I installed the DHCP client dhcpcd on Debian to run it manually on a given set of interfaces, but I see that at reboot dhcpcd tries to configure my entire set of interfaces. Not being able to do so, it assigns a zero-conf address to each interface and adds zero-conf routes too!

Is there a way to completely disable any automatic behavior of dhcpcd?

I just need to run it on a given interface and stay in the background to renew a DHCP lease whenever such lease expires. Nothing else.

Yes, `disable` stops it from starting, while `stop` stops a currently running process. — Tero Kilkanen, Apr 05 '17 at 20:28

Tero Kilkanen · Answer 1 · 2017-04-03T16:11:34.520

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Edit /etc/network/interfaces and change:

iface ethN inet dhcp

to

iface ethN inet manual

If your interfaces file doesn't have these lines, you should add them:

auto ethN
iface ethN inet manual

edited Apr 03 '17 at 16:11

answered Apr 03 '17 at 15:56

Tero Kilkanen

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I don't have anything in there except for `auto lo\n iface lo inet loopback`... – Ricky Robinson Apr 03 '17 at 16:06
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In that case you should add definitions for interfaces there. – Tero Kilkanen Apr 03 '17 at 16:11

disable automatic running of dhcpcd at startup

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