Network config and domain name ?
Hi everyone, Could someone please tell me if there is a tool in Debian to configure the permanent network parameters other than changing them temporarily with ifconfig or hacking /etc/init.d/network? Slackware has 'netconfig', is there a similar tool in Debian? Also does anyone know how the machine knows it's domain name, not the FQDN, just the domain name. i.e. if hostname returns 'skeletor' where does the 'powinv.co.uk' come from? Is it from resolv.conf via the DNS or is the domain name stored somewhere on the box? Finally is there a script that you can run like the install script to allow you to change the installed network card to a different manufacturer or do you just hack /etc/modules. I am running both 'slink' and 'potato' boxes. I believe the modules config changed from 'slink' to 'potato'. Sorry about such a long post... Regards JohnG _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ John Gould _/ _/ Senior Systems Support Engineer _/ _/ Power Innovations Limited _/ _/ Manton Lane, Bedford. MK41 7BJ, England _/ _/ PGP - Public key available _/ _/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/ Tel: +44 1234 223002 Fax: +44 1234 223000_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Re: Network config and domain name ?
Second question: Use modconf First question: I actually don't know (I always just edit /etc/init.d/network) but you could start the installation again and only configure the network and skip the rest, there might be a easier but... Ron On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, John Gould wrote: Hi everyone, Could someone please tell me if there is a tool in Debian to configure the permanent network parameters other than changing them temporarily with ifconfig or hacking /etc/init.d/network? Slackware has 'netconfig', is there a similar tool in Debian? Also does anyone know how the machine knows it's domain name, not the FQDN, just the domain name. i.e. if hostname returns 'skeletor' where does the 'powinv.co.uk' come from? Is it from resolv.conf via the DNS or is the domain name stored somewhere on the box? Finally is there a script that you can run like the install script to allow you to change the installed network card to a different manufacturer or do you just hack /etc/modules. I am running both 'slink' and 'potato' boxes. I believe the modules config changed from 'slink' to 'potato'. Sorry about such a long post... Regards JohnG _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ John Gould _/ _/ Senior Systems Support Engineer _/ _/ Power Innovations Limited _/ _/ Manton Lane, Bedford. MK41 7BJ, England _/ _/ PGP - Public key available _/ _/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/ Tel: +44 1234 223002 Fax: +44 1234 223000_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Network config and domain name ?
apt-get install linuxconf that's the package that contains netconf and all those other nifty tools that come with redhat flavours. -Original Message- From: Ron Rademaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:36 PM Subject: Re: Network config and domain name ? Second question: Use modconf First question: I actually don't know (I always just edit /etc/init.d/network) but you could start the installation again and only configure the network and skip the rest, there might be a easier but... Ron On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, John Gould wrote: Hi everyone, Could someone please tell me if there is a tool in Debian to configure the permanent network parameters other than changing them temporarily with ifconfig or hacking /etc/init.d/network? Slackware has 'netconfig', is there a similar tool in Debian? Also does anyone know how the machine knows it's domain name, not the FQDN, just the domain name. i.e. if hostname returns 'skeletor' where does the 'powinv.co.uk' come from? Is it from resolv.conf via the DNS or is the domain name stored somewhere on the box? Finally is there a script that you can run like the install script to allow you to change the installed network card to a different manufacturer or do you just hack /etc/modules. I am running both 'slink' and 'potato' boxes. I believe the modules config changed from 'slink' to 'potato'. Sorry about such a long post... Regards JohnG _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ John Gould _/ _/ Senior Systems Support Engineer _/ _/ Power Innovations Limited _/ _/ Manton Lane, Bedford. MK41 7BJ, England _/ _/ PGP - Public key available _/ _/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/ Tel: +44 1234 223002 Fax: +44 1234 223000_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Network config and domain name ?
Quoting John Gould ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Could someone please tell me if there is a tool in Debian to configure the permanent network parameters other than changing them temporarily with ifconfig or hacking /etc/init.d/network? Slackware has 'netconfig', is there a similar tool in Debian? Also does anyone know how the machine knows it's domain name, not the FQDN, just the domain name. i.e. if hostname returns 'skeletor' where does the 'powinv.co.uk' come from? Is it from resolv.conf via the DNS or is the domain name stored somewhere on the box? I prefer to cd /etc rgrep -r domainname * so that I pick up all (I hope) the odd places that this information can be kept, e.g. dwww.conf, exim.conf, mailname, ntp.conf, and even things like the kernel maintainer's email address which *might* need changing as a result. Ditto for hostname and IP number changes. Finally is there a script that you can run like the install script to allow you to change the installed network card to a different manufacturer or do you just hack /etc/modules. I am running both 'slink' and 'potato' boxes. I believe the modules config changed from 'slink' to 'potato'. I compile for all my card types and hack. Sorry about such a long post... Hardly :) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
