On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:20:45 +0200 (CEST) "L. A. Linden Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This would be almost trivial to write as a bash script. > i.e. > > #!/bin/bash > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > if [ "$1" -eq "DHCP" ]; then > ifup ifcfg-eth0.dhcp > elsif [ "$1" -eq "STATIC1" ]; then > ifup ifcfg-eth0.static1 > #etc...for more connection > fi > > Then put files of following form in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts... > DEVICE=eth0 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > NETMASK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > You can look at /etc/init.d/network to see how this starts by > itseld. Let me know if you need more help. Perhaps you've lost your way ... Red Hat is around the corner. :) Debian doesn't use /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. There isn't even a directory /etc/sysconfig/. As it turns out the task is not so trivial, but there are several packages to address it: whereami laptop-net netenv Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

