/usr/bin/network-admin: Changing NIC from DHCP to static IP leaves dhclient running

[Jari Juslin]

Package: gnome-system-tools
Version: 1.0.0-0ubuntu7
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/network-admin


I installed Ubuntu from scratch and it automatically set my NIC to get
IP via DHCP. Then I used the GUI tool (one in menu in default desktop
settings, network-admin, I think) to change it from DHCP to static IP.

After this the IP changed to the static one, but every three days it
changed back. /etc/network/interfaces was correct, _but_ dhclient
was still running and it seems it kept changing the address back.
/etc/init.d/networking restart fixed the problem for next three days,
but then it reoccurred. dhclient was visible at the process list.

Thus: I think the network-admin tool should stop/start dhclient
when user changes IP address from dynamic to static or vice versa.

My /etc/network/interfaces:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
name Ethernet lÀhiverkkokortti
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.1

This process showed up in process list:
dhclient3 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth1.pid -lf
/var/run/dhclient.eth1.leases eth1

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1-3-386
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15

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