On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 07:30:18PM +0100, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: > On Sun, December 18, 2005 18:33, Ed Paris said: > > > > > > Hi There, > > > > When I installed Debian on one computer in our network I got a note at the > > end of the installation that if I needed to revisit any settings that I > > should run the base-config program. Well, I need to change the Eth0 net > > address on this system. I had directly assigned the number during > > install. > > I have found a directory called /usr/lib/base-config/menu but I am not > > sure > > which program to start to reset the Eth0 IP address. I have tried all of > > them that would start and did find the one naming the computer but nothing > > on changing the IP address. Any help you can give me will be appreciated > > as > > I really don't want to have to reinstall Debian to make this change. > > Thanks. > > > > Take care, > > > > Ed > > > > > > just edit /etc/network/interfaces and add entry for static or dhcp address. > something like this for dhcp: > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > or for static address: > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address x.x.x.x > netmask x.x.x.x > network x.x.x.x > broadcast x.x.x.x > gateway x.x.x.x > > you mabye want to first run ifdown eth0 > edit the file > and run ifup eth0 > /usr/sbin/base-config - probably as root - will ask you the same questions that you get in the base install.
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