Re: Network config and domain name ?
apt-get install linuxconf
that's the package that contains netconf and all those other nifty tools
that come with redhat flavours.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Rademaker <ron@wep.tudelft.nl>
To: John Gould <johng@skeletor.powinv.co.uk>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: Network config and domain name ?
>Second question: Use modconf
>
>First question: I actually don't know (I always just edit
>/etc/init.d/network) but you could start the installation again and only
>configure the network and skip the rest, there might be a easier but...
>
>Ron
>
>On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, John Gould wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> Could someone please tell me if there is a tool in Debian to
>> configure the permanent network parameters other than changing them
>> temporarily with ifconfig or hacking /etc/init.d/network? Slackware has
>> 'netconfig', is there a similar tool in Debian? Also does anyone know
>> how the machine knows it's domain name, not the FQDN, just the domain
>> name. i.e. if hostname returns 'skeletor' where does the 'powinv.co.uk'
>> come from? Is it from resolv.conf via the DNS or is the domain name
stored
>> somewhere on the box?
>>
>> Finally is there a script that you can run like the install script to
>> allow you to change the installed network card to a different
>> manufacturer or do you just hack /etc/modules. I am running both
>> 'slink' and 'potato' boxes. I believe the modules config changed from
>> 'slink' to 'potato'. Sorry about such a long post...
>>
>> Regards JohnG
>>
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