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Re: need tool to configure network



Try:
dpkg-reconfigure etherconf

Ralph

On Monday 05 April 2004 10:29 am, Christian Eyrich wrote:
> On 04.04.2004 02:50, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> > 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.
>
> As I wrote I installed etherconf but don't know how to use it. There's
> no tool called etherconf in the path.
>
> Christian



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