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by John Lockwood,Mar 17, 2015 3:13 AM in response to rmichelena
John Lockwood
Mar 17, 2015 3:13 AM
in response to rmichelena
Level 6 (9,230 points)
Servers EnterpriseYou could briefly enable it, then edit the DHCP settings to disable the network interface it is listening on and save that setting, then delete the zone and again save it, and then disable it again. It should then have no settings to give out even if still running.
I presume you have tried rebooting the server?
You could also try the following in Terminal.app
sudo /bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/bootps.plist
You could also check that the /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/bootps.plist file contains a value for the Disabled key of true, i.e. yes it is disabled.
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Mar 17, 2015 12:41 PM in response to John Lockwoodby rmichelena,That worked, thanks...! it still does listen for the DHCP requests and logs them, but now at least it does not answer them. Good.
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May 4, 2015 2:21 PM in response to John Lockwoodby Mr hotdogz,Hello John,
I have encountered a very similar issue.
If I unload or disable bootps.plist (sudo /bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/bootps.plist)
Will that affect the ability to use netboot/netinstall?
Or is the bootps.plist only for DHCP?
Thank you!
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Jul 29, 2016 2:39 AM in response to rmichelenaby sadGilmore,I know that this is an old post but I had the same issue and what fixed my problem was disabling internet connection sharing. I had enabled internet connection sharing at one point a long time ago to temporarily provide internet access for a special situation.
I recommend that you check System Preferences > Sharing and see if internet sharing is enabled.
A good indicator is if the IP addresses that you see in the clients tab or that the client computers are receiving are of the 192.168.2.x variety.
Hope this helps someone out there.

