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diff --git a/chapter07/ethnet.xml b/chapter07/ethnet.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 67e6d9640..000000000 --- a/chapter07/ethnet.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,166 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch07-ethnet"> -<title>Creating the ethnet script</title> -<?dbhtml filename="ethnet.html" dir="chapter07"?> - -<para>This section only applies if a user is going to configure a network card. -If not, this section can be skipped.</para> - -<para>Create the <filename>/etc/init.d/ethnet</filename> script by running the -following command:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/init.d/ethnet << "EOF"</userinput> -#!/bin/sh -# Begin /etc/init.d/ethnet -# -# Main script by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org -# GATEWAY check by Jean-François Le Ray - jfleray@club-internet.fr -# "Specify which IF to use to reach default GATEWAY" by -# Graham Cantin - gcantin@pacbell.net -# - -# -# Include the functions declared in the /etc/init.d/functions file -# and the variables from the /etc/sysconfig/network file. -# - -source /etc/init.d/functions -source /etc/sysconfig/network - -case "$1" in - start) - -# -# Obtain all the network card configuration files -# - - for interface in $(/bin/ls /etc/sysconfig/nic-config/ifcfg* | \ - grep -v ifcfg-lo) - do -# -# Load the variables from that file -# - - source $interface -# -# If the ONBOOT variable is set to yes, process this file and bring the -# interface up. -# - - if [ "$ONBOOT" == yes ] - then - echo -n "Bringing up the $DEVICE interface..." - /sbin/ifconfig $DEVICE $IP broadcast $BROADCAST \ - netmask $NETMASK - evaluate_retval - fi - done - -# -# If the /etc/sysconfig/network file contains a GATEWAY variable, set -# the default gateway and the interface through which the default -# gateway can be reached. -# - - if [ "$GATEWAY" != "" ]; then - echo -n "Setting up routing for $GATEWAY_IF interface..." - /sbin/route add default gateway $GATEWAY \ - metric 1 dev $GATEWAY_IF - evaluate_retval - fi - ;; - - stop) - -# -# Obtain all the network card configuration files -# - - for interface in $(/bin/ls /etc/sysconfig/nic-config/ifcfg* | \ - grep -v ifcfg-lo) - do -# -# Load the variables from that file -# - - source $interface -# -# If the ONBOOT variable is set, process the file and bring the -# interface down -# - - if [ $ONBOOT == yes ] - then - echo -n "Bringing down the $DEVICE interface..." - /sbin/ifconfig $DEVICE down - evaluate_retval - fi - done - ;; - - restart) - $0 stop - sleep 1 - $0 start - ;; - *) - echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" - exit 1 - ;; -esac - -# End /etc/init.d/ethnet -<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> - -<sect2> -<title>Adding default gateway to /etc/sysconfig/network</title> - -<para>If a default gateway is required to be setup, the -following command does that:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/network << "EOF"</userinput> -GATEWAY=192.168.1.2 -GATEWAY_IF=eth0 -<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>GATEWAY and GATEWAY_IF need to be changed to match the network setup. -GATEWAY contains the address of the default gateway, and GATEWAY_IF -contains the network interface through which that default gateway can -be reached.</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Creating NIC configuration files</title> - -<para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the ethnet script depends on -the files in the /etc/sysconfig/nic-config directory. This -directory should contain files in the form of ifcfg-x where x is an -identification number (or whatever a user named it).</para> - -<para>First the nic-config directory is created by running:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/sysconfig/nic-config</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>Now, new files are created in that directory containing the following. -The following command creates a sample file ifcfg-eth0:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/nic-config/ifcfg-eth0 << "EOF"</userinput> -ONBOOT=yes -DEVICE=eth0 -IP=192.168.1.1 -NETMASK=255.255.255.0 -BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 -<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>Of course, the values of those four variables have to be changed -in every file to -match the proper setup. Usually NETMASK and BROADCAST will remain the -same, just the DEVICE and IP variables will change per network interface. If -the ONBOOT variable is set to yes, the ethnet script will bring it up -during boot up of the system. If set to anything else but yes it will be -ignored by the ethnet script and thus not brought up.</para> - -</sect2> - -</sect1> - |