On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> I use variables in my firewall script. For my IP address, I use the
> variable "IPADDR", and I define it at the beginning on the script as :
> IPADDR="`ifconfig eth0 | grep inet| cut -d : -f 2 | cut -d \ -f
> 1`" . That way I don't have to go through the entire script and change it
> every time my IP address changes. I also run the firewall script out of
> cronttab every 1/2 hr to pick up any changes.
Even better... I use host names. Mediaone assigns you a static host name,
even if your IP changes. If your script uses your hostname, you don't
even need to use variables and don't need to figure out your IP address.
--
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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