In package/dhcp/dhcp.mk this section can be found: ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DHCP_SERVER),y) define DHCP_INSTALL_CTL_LIBS $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/dhcpctl install-exec DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) endef define DHCP_INSTALL_SERVER mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib (cd $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib; ln -snf /tmp dhcp) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/server DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install-sbinPROGRAMS $(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D package/dhcp/dhcpd.conf \ $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf endef endif The symlink that is created from /var/lib/dhcp to /tmp seem to cause a symlink to the host /tmp which creates access privilege problems. Shouldn't the symlink be to ../../tmp rather than /tmp like the misc symlink under /var/lib? See below cd output/target/var/lib ls -al drwxr-xr-x 2 jonkar jonkar 4096 nov 1 17:09 arpd lrwxrwxrwx 1 jonkar jonkar 4 nov 1 18:27 dhcp -> /tmp lrwxrwxrwx 1 jonkar jonkar 9 nov 1 16:13 misc -> ../../tmp
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