This object reports and partially controls the current state of an interface's DHCP lease: init(1), reboot(2), bound(3), verify(4), release(5), invalid(6), or bind(7); the admin may only set it to init, verify, or release. An admin sets this to release(5) to manually give up the interface's current lease, or to init(1) to force the DHCP process to restart from scratch. For example, an admin troubleshooting a stuck lease might set this to release(5) to force the interface to give up its current address and reacquire one.