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authorArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-28 17:58:26 +0000
committerArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-28 17:58:26 +0000
commit07da7ec07dacb3888288e9991520742125bcd7b0 (patch)
tree43599dda82366f42ff3299505e98fe68cbdec7e6
parentd16b770c283474506c2a4dc13f466fbc5a8404fc (diff)
Reworded network.xml. (merged from trunk r6211)
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6212 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter07/network.xml17
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
index bdec7681e..998303fc7 100644
--- a/chapter07/network.xml
+++ b/chapter07/network.xml
@@ -27,23 +27,14 @@ class="directory">/etc/rc.d/rc*.d</filename>).</para>
<para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script
depends on the files and directories in the <filename
class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> hierarchy.
-This directory should contain a directory for each interface to be configured,
+This directory should contain a sub-directory for each interface to be configured,
such as <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename>, where <quote>xyz</quote> is a
network interface name. Inside this directory would be files defining
the attributes to this interface, such as its IP address(es), subnet
masks, and so forth.</para>
-<!-- -->
-
-<para>If the <filename
-class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> directory
-is to be renamed or moved, make sure to edit the
-<filename>/etc/sysconfig/rc</filename> file and update the
-<quote>network_devices</quote> option by providing it with the new
-path.</para>
-
-<para>New files are created in this directory. The following
-command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename> file for the
-<emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
+
+<para>The following command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename> file for
+the <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
<screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &amp;&amp;
mkdir ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;