Re: What do I use to reconfigure the network /after/ initial install on Etch?

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Debian Sarge, I used to use "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" to reconfigure the 
> network settings after the basic install was finished (if I needed to change 
> the settings).
>
> Just in case you don't know, "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" brought up an 
> ncurses interface for configuring network settings (IP Address, Gateway, DNS, 
> host and domain name). It was a nice tool. It looked just like the 
> installer's network config section.
>
> Etherconf disappeared in Etch - I don't know why. I've been editing network 
> interface files by hand but I don't like it.
>
> Does any utility exist in Etch for [re]configuring the basic network settings?
>
> Not a Gnome or KDE utility, because I don't install X on a lot of my boxes.
>   
I've always edited the files by hand, but I guess that is a personal 
preference.  I never had more than three boxes on my home network and 
changes are infrequent enough that I never felt the need for a front end 
to edit the files.

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Marc Shapiro
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