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Okay folks.... today is "cleanin' out my closet"
day as far as Debian problems goes, so you'll probably see a handfull of
questions from me today. Try to be patient and gentle.....
First off, I've been using Debian for quite some
time.... 4 or 5 years now, I guess. Back then, you had to set your IP addresses
in "/etc/init.d/network" by adding/modifying the actual "ifconfig" and "route"
commands.
Over the years, the "blessed" place to modify your
IP settings seems to have moved around. From what I can tell,
"/etc/init.d/network" has been phased out in favor of "/etc/init.d/networking"
which seems to involve other scripts in /etc/pcmcia, /etc/network, and
/etc/default.
So, where does one go, nowadays to:
- Set an interface's IP address or to enable
it for DHCP?
- Change whether it comes up automatically or
has to be brought up manually?
- Set IP address or DHCP for PCMCIA
cards?
Also, is there a cheat-sheet somewhere of where all
of the prefered config files are now? It seems that, with each release, there
are always some big changes in how some big services are
configured.
- Joe
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