On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:03:47PM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote:
> apt-get install linuxconf
This is such bad advise. This is the second time today I've read
a reply that avises people to live on crutches rather than learn about
the system they employ. Disregard the aforementioned crutch,
linuxconf. Instead, report to us the current setup you have. Are you
running slink? potato? What does the file in /etc/debian_version
tell you?
If you're running slink, you need to edit your network configuration
in /etc/init.d/network. If you're using > potato, your network is
started in /etc/init.d/networking, which uses /etc/network/interfaces
to define the interface configuration.
You can set up networking WITHOUT either of these! Read the manual
pages on ifconfig(8) and route(8). If you have advanced routing
packages installed, read the manual pages on ip(8).
Now. Also read the HOWTO's on networking from http://www.linuxdoc.org
or install them locally with apt-get install one of the following
(inserted with apt-cache search HOWTO):
task-doc - General documentation
task-newbie-help - New user documentation
doc-linux-html - Linux HOWTOs, mini-HOWTOs, and FAQs in HTML format
doc-linux-text - Linux HOWTOs, mini-HOWTOs, and FAQs in ASCII format
If you install the tasks, they will give you (inserted with apt-cache
depends task-doc task-newbie-help):
task-doc
Depends: doc-debian
Depends: doc-base
|Depends: dwww
Depends: dhelp
|Depends: doc-linux-text
Depends: doc-linux-html
Depends: less
|Depends: lynx
lynx-cur
lynx-ssl
|Depends: links
Depends: w3m
Depends: menu
Depends: sysadmin-guide
task-newbie-help
Depends: less
Depends: mc
Depends: lynx
lynx-cur
lynx-ssl
Depends: doc-base
Depends: menu
Depends: debian-guide
Depends: ldp-ligs
TIP... Learn how to use apt-cache(1).
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