-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anand Buddhdev wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have looked through a Debian book I have, as well as Google and archive > searches, but I can't figure out how to activate an ethernet interface on > Debian at boot time without assigning any IP address to it. > > I have a system with eth0, eth1 and eth2. eth1 and eth2 have IP addresses, > and are defined in /etc/network/interfaces. eth0 is connected to a > monitoring switch port, so that I can run "tcpdump -i eth0 ...." to > capture traffic on the network. > > I don't need any IP address on eth0, but I need it to be up. I can > manually run "ifconfig eth0 up", but I can't figure out how to do this > automatically at boot time. I have tried to put in the following > in /etc/network/interfaces: > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 > > However, ifup complains about incomplete parameters. Does anyone know the > correct way to solve this problem? Please keep in mind that I can already > do this from an /etc/rc.local script or somesuch, but I consider those > kind of solutions to be a hack, and I prefer to do things the > way "proper" way, ie. using the distro's scripts. > > TIA, >
Greetings Anand: in /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual The manual method is described in the manpage "interfaces" - -Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF3xjtS7FYdPX6+iYRAt7YAJ4qfG1SMuzaUSkW7wQEnY/Xc8Y6SACfXmkS Pu/QDyQQXf8cIGD+ZzPkSBc= =KyYn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
