On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 03:01:05PM -0500, will trillich (will@serensoft.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 06:26:47PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > Could someone set me straight on the distinction between
> > /etc/init.d/network and the definition files under /etc/network:
> > interfaces, options, and spoof-protect.
> >
> > We've got a balky server which doesn't like coming on-line (and
> > occasionally likes going off) when it boots. I suspect multiple network
> > config upfsckage.
> >
> > Docs I've been able to find are less than crystal on the distinction
> > between these files.
>
> what i've seen says that
> /etc/init.d/* are SCRIPTS that are run when entering various
> runlevels (rcS at startup, rc2 when entering runlevel 2...)
> and
> /etc/network/*
> are the CONFIGURATION files for various network facilities.
>
> % man interfaces
> will tell you about the /etc/network/interfaces file.
I'd pretty much worked that much out.
The standard (or old-style) /etc/init.d/network script isn't a typical
init.d script, however. It doesn't have the typical start | stop |
reload | restart | status switches.
What /etc/init.d/network *does* say is:
# In new Debian installations, this file is deprecated in favour of
# the ifup/ifdown commands (invoked from /etc/init.d/networking),
# which can be configured from the file /etc/network/interfaces.
So -- should I configure /etc/network/interfaces, delete
/etc/init.d/network, and pray everything works from
/etc/init.d/networking?
That seems to be the plan.
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