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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-01-15 22:02:24 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-01-15 22:02:24 +0000
commite92f48b46ba6f03e837a2110864b9639886d930e (patch)
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parentfd4c523af3362f91db3035957e3281a7b6463dac (diff)
added /etc/sysconfig/rc update (include network_devices variable)
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diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
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@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ network interface name (such as eth0 or eth0:1)</para>
<para><screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/sysconfig/network-devices</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>We also need to add this directory path to the /etc/sysconfig/rc file
+so that other scripts (like ifup and ifdown) know where this directory is
+located.</para>
+
+<para>Update the /etc/sysconfig/rc file by running:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>echo "network_devices=/etc/sysconfig/network-devices" >> /etc/sysconfig/rc</userinput></screen></para>
+
<para>Now, new files are created in that directory containing the following.
The following command creates a sample ifconfig.eth0 file:</para>