Re: Trouble with ifup

[Tom Furie <tom@lamont.cysoft.net>]

Hi Ian,

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 05:43:30PM -0400, Ian Thomas wrote:

> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static\
> 	address 192.168.2.3\
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0\
> 	gateway 192.168.2.1
> 
> When running 'ifup -a', I get the following error,
> 
> /etc/network/interfaces:12: too many parameters for iface line
> ifup: couldn't read interfaces file "/etc/network/interfaces"

Removing the escapes should fix it.

Cheers,
Tom

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