Hi Gordon, and others yes, that's it ! we applied the initscripts update and everything works fine now thanks a lot
A 10:44 02/03/02 -0800, vous avez écrit : >On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 07:11, Thierry ITTY wrote: >> >> for some reason, i sometimes have to change its ip address. usually, with >> former releases or versions of rh, i just modify >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 changing ip address, network, >> broadcast and mask to fit my needs, then a /etc/rc.d/init.d/network >> restart, et voila... >> >> with rh 72 (even tried with last kernel package) this doesn't work. what >> happens is that the NIC keeps the same old address. but if i reboot instead >> of just restarting the network, then the new address is taken. thought of a >> problem of some active connections or servers but it's not that. > >Apply the initscripts errata update. I believe they fix this problem. > >IIUC, 'ifconfig' and 'route' will probably be depreciated someday in >favor of the 'ip' tool, part of the iproute2 package. I think useful >information is here: >http://lartc.org/ > >'ip' can manipulate all of the kernel's interface and routing features, >which 'ifconfig' and 'route' can not. If you change the configuration >of an interface, and restart the network service on 7.2, look at the >output of: >ip addr show > >> what's strange now is that i can ping both 192.168.1.1 (which is the old >> address i wanted to remove but still appears) and 172.16.1.1 (which is the >> new address i want but doesn't appear) > >The 'ip' command above will show you what you want to know. > >> i think this looks like a bug ? > >In the initscripts, yes. > > > >Attachment Converted: "d:\app\net\eudora\attach\signat13.asc" > - * - * - * - * - * - * - Bien sûr que je suis perfectionniste ! Mais ne pourrais-je pas l'être mieux ? Thierry ITTY eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list