Hi again!
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Steven J. Yellin wrote:
> If my reading of the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script is correct, the
> ifconfig commands should be taken care of by the ifcfg* files in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, and additional route commands are produced
> with the help of /etc/sysconfig/static-routes. Both types of file are
> produced by linuxconf, if that's what you use to help set up networking.
> For example, the static-routes file is made or changed with linuxconf -->
> Routing and gateways --> Set routes to alternate local nets. Or you
> can edit static-routes yourself. The following is an example I made
> of a file that unlike what linuxconf makes is self-explanatory,
> but which, perhaps unlike what linuxconf makes, may have mistakes.
> I haven't tried it out.
I don't like to deal with Linuxconf. (rpm -e linuxconf)
> ------------------------------------
>
> Lines that don't begin with "any" are ignored. Consider them comments.
> For example, the next line is a comment but the line after it should cause
> /sbin/route add -net 161.73.54.7 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
> any net 161.73.54.7 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
>
> any host 161.75.55.8 eth1
>
> Because of the two lines beginning with "any", if this file is
> /etc/sysconfig/static-routes, the command "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start"
> (or restart) will produce two "/sbin/route ..." commands, in addition
> to the ones it would produce without the file.
I did manually the config. because I RTFM too, I tried linuxconf with no
success. Welcome to the new installation !!! Or what to do ? No one out
there got the same problem like me on this planet. ;-)
Thanks Steven for helping.
LinuxKH
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>
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, LinuxKH wrote:
>
> > Hello List Members!
> >
> > I'm trying to manage the routing of a gateway. I have two network cards.
> > I did the fresh install of SeaWolf. These cards drivers are loaded OK,
> > when doing 'cat /etc/modules.conf' I saw them.
> >
> > When I used 'ifconfig' and 'route' to set routing. The problem is that I
> > can't make them save for the next reboot. I also made changes manually in
> > 'network', 'ifcfg-eth0' and 'ifcfg-eth1'.
> > After rebooting, everything has gone. I know one way to add the commands
> > at the end of 'rc.local', but I don't like this method. Because doing
> > 'service network restart' I'll get lost the setting again. :-[
> >
> > What can I do else ? Any suggestions ?
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> > LinuxKH
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> > "Please, correct me if I'm wrong. THANKS!"
> >
> >
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