On 4/17/06, Avraham Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 0.0.0.0
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 0.0.0.0
> broadcast 0.0.0.255
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if
> installed
> dns-search bezeqint.net
How about :
iface eth0 inet manual
up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
The interface will be up with no IP and still adhere to the Debian way...
>
> iface dsl-provider inet ppp
> provider dsl-provider
> # please do not modify the following line
> pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
>
> At boot, the system complains that it cannot bring up eth0
> because it cannot assign it the (crazy) address, but the output
> of /sbin/ifconfig shows it up and without an adrress. Just what I
> needed.
> pon dsl-provider, plog and poff are succesfully executed by any
> user which belongs to the dip and adm groups.
>
> Hoping it might be useful, cheers and hag sameach, Avraham
>
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