I received many replies to my Linux question about the system refusing
to use the IP address I want it to use.
Most of the suggestions involved checking for another system with "my"
IP address. While UNM is mostly dynamic address, it is possible to
have a static address assigned. I have 10 of them, not all of which are
in current use. I checked (with telnet and ping) and all the addresses
which should be unused are, indeed unused. Thus, I could safely try to
change the static address for this system.
Dave Scott and Gary Strahan had useful suggestions for the files to
check. On about the nth change and reboot, the system came up in with
the name and IP address I want it to have.
Relevant files are:
/etc/sysconfig/network
/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
/profiles/default/resolv.conf
/ifcfg-eth0
/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
In theory, the most important of these is the scripts file as it sets
the others on bootup. The nth time I checked it, the parameter BOOTPRO
was set to "none". It should have been "static". I corrected that, and
rebooted, and the system is fine. (The file already contained the
ipaddress, netmask, name, and other parameters correctly.)
Thanks again for the suggestions.
kas
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Received on Fri Jun 11 2004 - 11:00:42 MST