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Re: need tool to configure network



On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 12:03:51PM -0800, mike wrote:
   > On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:15:02 +0200, Christian Eyrich wrote
   > > 
   > > I know how to do this manually (using route). But after rebooting 
   > > I've the old address again. I know I can edit 
   > > /etc/network/interfaces by hand, but there's this warning "etherconf 
   > > DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT" in it.
   > > 
   > > So there must be a tool to do this - YaST does this in SUSE. I 
   > > already installed etherconf but don't know how to use it (can't even 
   > > start it), same with debconf.
   > 
   > Nah, Go ahead and edit /etc/network/interfaces
   > Then, just restart the networking daemon.
   > I've always done it this way. but I've never seen warning signs like you 
   > mentioned.
   > 
It is put by the package etherconf. Run etherconf as root and it will
put the proper entries in /etc/network/interfaces.

Regards,

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