Re[2]: network, ifconfig, symbol link to network
Ref : Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:46:10 PM
d> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 04:15:18PM +0200, Christian Eckert wrote:
d> This isn't right. There should be a directory /etc/network/ on your
d> system, if you installed the 'netbase' and 'ifupdown' packages.
d> All you need to do is put the alias in /etc/modutils/my_aliases. For
d> example :
d> echo "alias eth0 ne" >> /etc/modutils/my_aliases && update_aliases
What is this "my_aliases" file and update_aliases script ?
Till now, I modify /etc/modutils/aliases and use update-modules but
everytime modutils is updated, I have to let dpkg overwrite my own
aliases and put them back to the new /etc/modutils/aliases.
Is there a way to do this cleanly, like you do with your own aliases
file ? Where does update_aliases come from ?
d> | As this file should be executed at boot time I have to create
d> | furthermore some symbol links in /etc/init.d/??? ,beginning
d> | with SXXname.
d> | now the questions:
d> | 1)Are there any rules for choosing the number XX ?
d> | This will obviously arrange the sequence of starting up
d> | different scripts. That means are there any scripts which have to
d> | be started before configuring the network?
d> Yes, the number is chosen so that the order of startup is as intended.
d> | 2)Do I also have to create a killing script KXXname?
d> If you want to take down the network when you shutdown.
d> | 3) I suppose that in each runlevel in which
d> | I want to use the network capabilities, I have to create this
d> | symbol-link
d> | also, right?
d> Yes.
Shouldn't he be using update-rc.d which does all this in a clean
manner ?
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