Been having a problem with networking on a bunch of 4.2 boxes, with the
machines clicking into their proper network identities.
I had to get a bunch of machines redone fairly quickly, so I built one
machine, a Linux/NT dual-boot machine, in my office and dumped an image of
its drive to a Netware server using Ghost.[1] Went to the cluster and
started downloading the image onto a batch of machines at a time. Ghost
does a bit-by-bit copy, so I have to manually reset all of the pertinent
network information. I modified
/etc/HOSTNAME
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and restarted the inetd process, but it kept the name and IP that I used in
my office (a name/IP pair that I keep in reserve for just this sort of
thing). I tried 'ifconfig eth0 down' then 'ifconfig eth0 up', again with no
result. I then went into X and tried netcfg(), out of the group of control
panels, and this time it worked--but only until the machine was rebooted,
then it went back to using the image's original info, even though the
above-listed files had the new information in them.
As I said, they're dual-boot machines, and they're in a classroom setting so
the get rebooted numerous times daily. The netcfg() fix doesn't really pan
out since it doesn't hold through a reboot.
Where is this network information cached and how can I clear it out? I've
never run into this before, so what am I missing? Thanks.
D.
[1]: For those unfamiliar with Ghost, it lets you then download the image
onto drives over a network, or you can put a pair of disks in one
box for a disk-to-disk dupe, plus at least one other way that I've
not used. It redoes the partition table, et cetera. Pretty useful,
and their current release has a function to alter NT's SIDs on the
fly. See (http://www.ghostsoft.com/) for more.
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