Mapping stanzas in interfaces file not working

2004-02-03 Thread Chris Eisley
Hello, I'm trying to switch over from commenting/uncommenting relevant iface stanzas (man pages call them stanzas, so no snipes about my lack of understanding of the word) in /etc/network/interfaces to using the mapping mechanism described in the interfaces man pages. The problem is that when I

Re: Mapping stanzas in interfaces file not working

2004-02-03 Thread Adam Aube
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 04:42 am, Chris Eisley wrote: The problem is that when I put the mapping entry in, ifup gives the error Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0. Have you tried manually running ifup -v eth0? If so, what was the output? The script I designate in the script line of the

Re: Mapping stanzas in interfaces file not working

2004-02-03 Thread Chris Eisley
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 07:46, Adam Aube wrote: On Tuesday 03 February 2004 04:42 am, Chris Eisley wrote: The problem is that when I put the mapping entry in, ifup gives the error Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0. Have you tried manually running ifup -v eth0? If so, what was the

Re: Mapping stanzas in interfaces file not working

2004-02-03 Thread Adam Aube
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 12:37 pm, Chris Eisley wrote: On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 07:46, Adam Aube wrote: Have you tried manually running ifup -v eth0? If so, what was the output? Did just now; What I get is: Running mapping script /etc/network/show-role.sh -q -l on eth0 Ignoring unknown

Re: Mapping stanzas in interfaces file not working

2004-02-03 Thread Thomas Hood
mapping eth0 script /etc/network/show-role.sh -q -l Here is one of the problems. You are not allowed to provide arguments (-q, -l) to the mapping script. -- Thomas Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Mapping stanzas in interfaces file not working

2004-02-03 Thread Chris Eisley
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 10:04, Adam Aube wrote: One thought - what if ifup stops parsing the script line after the first space? Try putting the path to the script and its arguments in quotes in /etc/network/interfaces. If that doesn't work, try altering the script so that, given no arguments