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 ? By -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.17-rc1-beo #1 SMP Fri Dec 14 09:58:53 CET 2001 i686
