Hi, If you want to just set up persistent ip address across boots take a look in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. Red Hat 9 Docs: As the system boots, it uses these files to determine what interfaces to bring up and how to configure them. These files are usually named ifcfg-<name>, where <name> refers to the name of the device that the configuration file controls. Bruno Novais On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Vivek Subbarao <viveks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am on CentOS 5.3 and i don’t find the files you have mentioned. Can you please give me a brief explanation or the command that actually will allow me to assign persistent(across reboots) addresses. > > Thank you, > Vivek S > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies- > > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of microbit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: 08 September 2009 15:35 > > To: Kernelnewbies > > Subject: Re: Ip address assignment > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:10:48 -0700, "Vivek Subbarao" > > <viveks@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > The ip address assigned through ifconfig is not persistent. Why is > > the > > > behaviour so? Instead of editing files to add persistent addresses > > why > > > not make ifconfig add persistent addresses? Is there a drawback to > > this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Vivek S > > > > > > I guess you already knew this, but you can make ifconfig assign > > consistent > > names. > > See > > etc/udev/static-nic.rules > > or > > /etc/udev/rules.d/*persistent-net.rules > > > > HTH > > Kris > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
