Re: /etc/init.d/network is too simple?

[Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>]

On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 06:23:02PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> I found that original Debian /etc/init.d/network script is too simple
> for daily usage.
> 
> On the other side is RedHat mechanism - it is too complicated and useless.
> 
> Is it possible any compromise?
> 
> Debian's script should support for switching up and down interfaces
> like in RedHat discribution. But different script files is confused and
> it is possible to make one script for all interfaces.
> 
> The idea is to use bash functions, for example:
> ifdown_eth1() {
>     ifconfig eth1 down
> }
>     
> ifup_eth1 () {
>     ifconfig eth1 195.117.65.137 netmask 255.255.255.252 broadcast 195.117.65.13
>     route add -net 195.117.65.136 dev eth1
> }
> 
> I have some proposition at http://www.dexter.fnet.pl/debian/conf/
> It would be nice if default Debian script will be similar.
> 
> Also I prepared some other script for proxyarping. I think it should
> go to netbase with 'network' script. It is no need to prepare standalone
> package for one script..

The netbase maintainer has been working on improving init.d scripts.
There was a thread a few months ago on debian-devel about that.

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Enrique Zanardi					   ezanardi@ull.es