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

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Subject: Re: /etc/init.d/network is too simple?
From: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@fnet.pl>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 19:00:27 +0200 (CEST)
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.03.9904162036210.23607-100000@brass.fe.msk.ru>

> Reallty there should be separate files, perhaps in /etc/network
> which consist solely of variable definitions:
> say: 
> 
> /etc/network/eth1
> IPADDR=192.168.217.1
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=
> BROADCAST=

Well, this is very similar to RH configuration.
The power of Debian is using of basic commands:
ifconfig eth1 192.168.217.1 .....

I don't see a need of using shell variables because there is no 
configurator which reads this configuration.

-- 

Piotr "Dexter" Roszatycki
mailto:dexter@fnet.pl

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