Paul Irofti wrote:
I have changed one of my workstation's IP with:
$ sudo ifconfig vr0 inet 192.168.1.64
Afterwards some applications (trn, rtorrent, gaim) acknowledged the change and
worked on the fly. Others, such as irssi, worked on a random basis (i.e.
restarting it would lead to connecting or not to the servers). Firefox, mutt,
snownews, lynx didn't even bother.
I did modify the /etc/hostname.vr0 and /etc/hosts files before executing the command.
Changing /etc/hostname.vr0 before ifconfig does not do anything
since /etc/hostname.vr0 is only read on reboot.
But I do concur with Nick.. the easiest way to address the problem
for now is to reboot, until you understand the startup scripts more
thoroughly.
Lawrence
Lawrence Teo
Calyptix Security
8701 Mallard Creek Rd
Charlotte, NC 28262
Phone: 704-971-8989
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