On 4/17/06, Avraham Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # The primary network interface > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 0.0.0.0 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 0.0.0.0 > broadcast 0.0.0.255 > # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if > installed > dns-search bezeqint.net
How about : iface eth0 inet manual up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up down /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down The interface will be up with no IP and still adhere to the Debian way... > > iface dsl-provider inet ppp > provider dsl-provider > # please do not modify the following line > pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf > > At boot, the system complains that it cannot bring up eth0 > because it cannot assign it the (crazy) address, but the output > of /sbin/ifconfig shows it up and without an adrress. Just what I > needed. > pon dsl-provider, plog and poff are succesfully executed by any > user which belongs to the dip and adm groups. > > Hoping it might be useful, cheers and hag sameach, Avraham > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]