-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Donald Raikes wrote: > Hello, > > I installed lenny yesterday on my desktop system. I would like to change > it so it has a static ip address rather than a dhcp assigned one. > > How do I go about setting the ip address? > If there is a console-based method I would prefer that since icannot > edit the network configuration through the networking tools applet (I > don't have permissions).
Hey! One I can answer! vi /etc/network/interfaces Here's a known working interfaces file from my LAN: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.3.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.3.0 broadcast 192.168.3.255 gateway 192.168.3.1 # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 192.168.2.30 dns-search slsware.lan Then reboot. It's possible to get eth0 to reconfig without a reboot, but I don't remember how... - -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkogfZgACgkQ04yQfZbbTLY65QCgssdk7a8FeRn78NCXxSVPRl/1 ZWkAn3W/xH3o+npSY8M+iDTaDMUgCr8b =qKn9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org