On 20011214 guran wrote:
>Hi
>
>I typed a wrong IP address 104.X.X.X instead of 194.X.X.X, so I had to change
>it - and did it manually in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
>draknet_conf
>draknet_conf.default
>net_resolve.default(BTW - why must I go here to add more DNS)
Correct file is /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.
>
>I rebooted - no network.
>I used linuxconf to change and restart eth0 and got out.
>
>Later I checked in
>1) /etc/linuxconf/archive/Office/etc/host-client.v and manually changed it
>
>2)
>/etc/linuxconf/archive/Home-Office/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.v
>and manually change it.
>
That are the files that gui tools use to create
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
So if you change one of them, probably have to re-run draknet (or whatever it
is called), re select the profile and re-activate it, to make the GUI tool
generate again the ifcfg-eth0 file in its correct place.
>I thought the Unix way was one text file and every program was to find all it
>needed in that file.
>
Yes. Problem is that standard files are hard to parse, and GUI tools usually
have a parallel database of your config to re-create the useful one. So, when
the GUI tool does not work, and you need to do any manual change, you get an
inconsistent state. That is why I hate tools line linuxconf, kudzu, drak-xxx
and so on. They do the work, but when you need to tweak something, you don't
know where to find it (this remembers me som other os...)
I think the only tool that parses standard files and re-creates them, without
any parallel database, are the Ximian Setup Tools. That is one of the main
points in its marketing. Pitty is lack of Mandrake support...
Uh...
As I wrote this, I jumped to the Ximian web page and could not find any
reference to Setup Tools. Are they dead ?
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