Re: newbie here - system administration question
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Hi debianites,
I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going.
Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software),
things like the network, users, logging etc.
Coming from BSD where a lot of things are in .conf files under /etc I have a
problem understanding where Linux puts stuff.
For instance: When I installed the system the installer choose DHCP
configuration without asking - I need a fixed IP. Looking in /etc, I see
/etc/network/iface, is it here I fix that? Or is there some central utility
that writes out conf files? What is the syntax for this file?
man iface
man network
gives me nothing.
This is Linux debian 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP, command line only (server
enviroment).
Thanks a lot!
Per olof
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man interfaces should give you more info.
Interface information is usually kept in /etc/network/interfaces though,
so, I'm a little confused as to the iface, so hopefully that manpage will
be there.
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