On Mandrake (7.1 at least), there is no need to muck around
with rc.local.
Simply create a file similar to the following:
# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1
DEVICE=eth0:1
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=111.111.22.111
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=111.111.22.0
BROADCAST=111.111.22.255
-Mark
Tib wrote:
>
> My machine has one interface (tried putting more in, but the pci expansion bus
> is next to impossible to deal with) and so I've had to create virtual
> interfaces to create the illusion of a separated network for firewall security
> etc.. The problem is this though. If I put a line in rc.local of 'ifconfig
> blahblahblah' then it doesn't create the interface in time for services like
> dhcp and samba to start up, so they try to start and bind to an interface that
> doesn't exist, and die. Plus, named doesn't bind to that interface either which
> means I have to hand restart (or script, whatever) 3 services in order for it
> to work properly.
>
> As mentioned above, I've scripted a work around, but that means that should
> that script for some reason fail - I'm screwed unless I'm at the terminal. Is
> it possible to setup files under the network-scripts path that are for the
> virtual interfaces? ie: ifcfg-eth0:1 etc scripts? I created some modeled off of
> ifcfg-eth0, but haven't rebooted yet. will this work or should I just rely on
> my scripts?
>
> <EOL>
> Tib
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Mark Belanger
LTX Corporation
