At Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:44:06 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Marc Ferland wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> From what I've read in the LFS book and some testing, I noticed > >> that each network interface that has the ONBOOT flag set to > >> anything else than "yes" will not be brought up (neither on boot or > >> by manually issuing a "network restart" command. > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this flag seems have 2 distinct use > > case, you can check it to verify if the interface should be brought > > up during boot _and_ if it is "enabled" in the system. > > > > This also means that you cannot have an interface set to "no" and > > bring it up manually later. You'll first have to set the flag to > > "yes", call "network restart" and then set it back to "no". > > > >> From the network init script, it also seems like the "IN_BOOT" > >> variable is always true... > > Did you try e.g. `/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifup eth0' > > There probably should be a symlink in /sbin to ifup and ifdown. > > IN_BOOT is set in /etc/rc.d/init.d/network but that is for the entire > network, not an individual interface.
Aaaah, of course! Putting a symlink in ifup and ifdown would indeed simplify things. Thanks, Marc -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
