On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 04:05, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have some kind of a nasty problem. > > I have a small server with 3 Lan ports - however - when I don't need the Local > LAN - I do also power-down the Switch. This is however a problem - as ifplugd > performs a Interface shutdown - and for some apps to work correctly - the > Interface needs an IP address. > > So - I defined what Interfaces the ifplugd should take care of in > /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf (eth2 - DHCP Cable Network), and want it to ignore > other ones. > > No go... As soon as I unplug the eth0 cable - the device IP address is > removed. I have circumvented this issue by deactivating the ifplugd stuff to > be used completely (removing the if-statement in rc.d/init.d/networks using > ifplugd) - at least - everything is working as it should - but this should > not happen IMHO. > > Anyone knows a better way ??? > > Cheers
Jeorg I run into this with a laptop and what I did was add this line to my /etc/hosts file 127.0.0.1 jamlap.linuxpda.biz jamlap now if I either startup without a net connection or remove the connection, I still keep things like proftpd for example working. (since I sometimes run uml I need it working for testing.) It also helps with reading mail in Evolution because although it will start without an IP number it takes forever. James > > Joerg
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