-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi all, I'm just curious. why are there so many files that apparently > hold the same information? I thought the network configuration were > kept in files hosts, hostname, gateways, route.something, and a few > others that I can't think of the names.. now there's this file called > interfaces? There are really only two or three files that you need to pay attention to. 1) /etc/hostname 2) /etc/hosts 3) /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hostname is the computer's name /etc/hosts is a local name database /etc/network/interfaces contains I've never needed to use /etc/gateways and I don't have any /etc/route.* files > how will I know which files to change and which ones not to change? Experience and asking people questions > I have been looking through many many books and docs and this is the > first time I've heard of the interfaces file. It's specific to Debian. Besides, most of those books are specific to RedHat. > why have all of the other files if everything can be configured in > this one interfaces file? But that would make it too easy :) - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6SLTk/ZTSZFDeHPwRAoqnAKCNoopwxjwziOaWsmNyV33jGaE4MgCffPUh AsB/ddOJ0zJpuc11P/7fodU= =9dOO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
