Re: Request for assistance: netbase manpages

1999-07-06 Thread David Coe
No, /etc/networks just associates a name with a network (base) address, so what you did is the right thing -- there's no reason to specify a netmask there. You just have to specify netmasks in the ifconfig and route commands (maybe other places too?), which are (in debian) in the /etc/init.d/n

Re: Request for assistance: netbase manpages

1999-07-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:27:12PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Unfortunately I can't figure /etc/networks out. I can't work out how > to specify the netmask (is it possible?). I have two networks, The impression I get from networks(5) on FreeBSD and Solaris is that it can't be done. The /etc/ne

Re: Request for assistance: netbase manpages

1999-07-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 08:23:39PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > What I was wondering was whether anyone here would like to write some > manpages for some of the programs in netbase. In particular manpages for: > > * ipautofw(8) (Bug#31379) > * ipmaddr(8) (Bug#33019) > * iptunnel

Request for assistance: netbase manpages

1999-07-05 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, I'm not sure this is entirely on-topic, but on the offchance there are a few wannabe developers sitting around on this list waiting for their new-maintainer applications to be processed so they can start improving Debian, I'll post anyway. What I was wondering was whether anyone here