thanks, that clears up one thing : ) Linux makes me feel stupid... OK, here is what I have: #the loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp bear@debian:~$ On 2006/10/28, at 19:39, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
/etc/network/interfaces is not a script nor any other executable, it's just aThanks for the response, here is what I got... (transcribed, no pasting, cant contact the box...) bear@debian:~$ /etc/network/interfaces -bash: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission deniedconfig file. You should rather do: cat /etc/network/interfaces HTH, Michael PS.: Please keep CC'ing or even simply replying to debian-powerc