Re: Pump and Dhclient

[Elizabeth Barham <soggytrousers@yahoo.com>]

"Sridhar M.A." <mas@uomphysics.net> writes:

> All these are there [/etc/networking/interfaces]. But, when I give
> the command:
> 
>   /etc/init.d/networking start|restart
> 
> nothing happens.
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In /etc/init.d/networking, you'll see:


if ! [ -x /sbin/ifup ]; then
    exit 0
fi

-x == -x FILE        True if the file is executable by you.

The file must exist and whoever is running the script must be able to
execute it. This may explain why nothing is happening.

Elizabeth