Ref : Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:46:10 PM d> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 04:15:18PM +0200, Christian Eckert wrote: d> This isn't right. There should be a directory /etc/network/ on your d> system, if you installed the 'netbase' and 'ifupdown' packages.
d> All you need to do is put the alias in /etc/modutils/my_aliases. For d> example : d> echo "alias eth0 ne" >> /etc/modutils/my_aliases && update_aliases What is this "my_aliases" file and update_aliases script ? Till now, I modify /etc/modutils/aliases and use update-modules but everytime modutils is updated, I have to let dpkg overwrite my own aliases and put them back to the new /etc/modutils/aliases. Is there a way to do this cleanly, like you do with your own aliases file ? Where does update_aliases come from ? d> | As this file should be executed at boot time I have to create d> | furthermore some symbol links in /etc/init.d/??? ,beginning d> | with SXXname. d> | now the questions: d> | 1)Are there any rules for choosing the number XX ? d> | This will obviously arrange the sequence of starting up d> | different scripts. That means are there any scripts which have to d> | be started before configuring the network? d> Yes, the number is chosen so that the order of startup is as intended. d> | 2)Do I also have to create a killing script KXXname? d> If you want to take down the network when you shutdown. d> | 3) I suppose that in each runlevel in which d> | I want to use the network capabilities, I have to create this d> | symbol-link d> | also, right? d> Yes. Shouldn't he be using update-rc.d which does all this in a clean manner ? -- Jean-Christophe Boggio [EMAIL PROTECTED] -o) Independant Consultant and Developer /\\ Delphi, Linux, Perl, PostgreSQL, Debian _\_V
