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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/ifconfig.py15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig.py
index 1ffa10978..3470b3aa6 100644
--- a/python/vyos/ifconfig.py
+++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig.py
@@ -521,14 +521,13 @@ class Interface:
with open(self._dhcp_cfg_file, 'w') as f:
f.write(dhcp_text)
- if self.get_state() == 'up':
- cmd = 'start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile ' + \
- self._dhcp_pid_file
- cmd += ' --exec /sbin/dhclient --'
- # now pass arguments to dhclient binary
- cmd += ' -4 -nw -cf {} -pf {} -lf {} {}'.format(
- self._dhcp_cfg_file, self._dhcp_pid_file, self._dhcp_lease_file, self._ifname)
- return self._cmd(cmd)
+ cmd = 'start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile ' + \
+ self._dhcp_pid_file
+ cmd += ' --exec /sbin/dhclient --'
+ # now pass arguments to dhclient binary
+ cmd += ' -4 -nw -cf {} -pf {} -lf {} {}'.format(
+ self._dhcp_cfg_file, self._dhcp_pid_file, self._dhcp_lease_file, self._ifname)
+ return self._cmd(cmd)
def _del_dhcp(self):