On Saturday 26 March 2005 21:03, Martin Jakob wrote: > I searched a way to activate new interface/network settings after changes > to /etc/rc.conf (defaultrouter, interface aliases, etc.). I found the > /etc/netstart script, which does what i want. In the script i found a > comment, which says, that this script is obsoleted by /etc/rc.network, but > i (well, actually locate) can't find this file anywhere. > > I then browsed the cvs to search for this script. > I found in src/etc/rc.d/ the "network" script, which seems able to handle > my network reconfiguration demands. Yet, bravely copying it to /etc/rc.d > and executing it, does not work. It produces warnings like: > WARNING: $flushroutes is not set properly - see rc.conf(5). or > WARNING: $auto_ifconfig is not set properly - see rc.conf(5) > and the default route is not set. > (yeah, i read rc.conf as advised, but i still have no clue where to set > this variables). > So, maybe there is a cause this script is not installed?
It seems that your /etc/defaults/rc.conf is outdated - as is your /etc/rc.d collection. You might want to try to update /etc with the help of mergemaster(8). Be sure to pass the -i flag to install missing files in /etc/rc.d > What is the correct way to reconfigure the network (besides ifconfig and > friends :)? > > the system: > FreeBSD freebsd.local 5.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #1: Sat Mar 26 > 19:24:16 CET 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ATLAS i386 -- /"\ Best regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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