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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[d781ffb] | 7 |
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[3be4d97] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-scripts-network">
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[d781ffb] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="network.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Configuring the network Script</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-network">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="d-network">network</primary>
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| 15 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para>This section only applies if a network card is to be
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| 18 | configured.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>If a network card will not be used, there is likely no need to
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| 21 | create any configuration files relating to network cards. If that is
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| 22 | the case, remove the <filename class="symlink">network</filename>
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| 23 | symlinks from all run-level directories (<filename
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| 24 | class="directory">/etc/rc.d/rc*.d</filename>).</para>
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| 25 |
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[d2c332bc] | 26 | <sect2>
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| 27 | <title>Creating stable names for network interfaces</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>With Udev and modular network drivers, the network interface numbering
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| 30 | is not persistent across reboots by default, because the drivers are loaded
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| 31 | in parallel and, thus, in random order. For example, on a computer having
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| 32 | two network cards made by Intel and Realtek, the network card manufactured
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| 33 | by Intel may become <filename class="devicefile">eth0</filename> and the
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| 34 | Realtek card becomes <filename class="devicefile">eth1</filename>. In some
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| 35 | cases, after a reboot the cards get renumbered the other way around. To
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[80640a49] | 36 | avoid this, Udev comes with a script and some rules to assign stable names
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| 37 | to network cards based on their MAC address.</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>Pre-generate the rules to ensure the same names get assigned to the
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| 40 | same devices at every boot, including the first:</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <screen><userinput>/lib/udev/write_net_rules all_interfaces</userinput></screen>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Now, inspect the <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</filename>
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| 45 | file, to find out which name was assigned to which network device:</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <screen><userinput>cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</userinput></screen>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <para>Each NIC takes up two lines in the file. The first line is a
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| 50 | description of the NIC itself, showing its hardware IDs (e.g. its PCI
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| 51 | vendor and device IDs, if it's a PCI card), along with its driver in
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| 52 | parentheses, if the driver can be found. This line is a comment; neither
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| 53 | the hardware ID nor the driver is used to determine which name to give an
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| 54 | interface. The second line is the Udev rule that matches this NIC and
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| 55 | actually assigns it a name.</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para>All Udev rules are made up of several keys, separated by commas and
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| 58 | optional whitespace. This rule's keys and an explanations of each of them
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| 59 | are as follows:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <itemizedlist>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para><literal>SUBSYSTEM=="net"</literal> - This tells Udev to ignore
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| 64 | devices that are not network cards.</para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para><literal>DRIVERS=="?*"</literal> - This exists so that Udev will
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| 68 | ignore VLAN or bridge sub-interfaces (because these sub-interfaces do
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| 69 | not have drivers). These sub-interfaces are skipped because the name
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| 70 | that would be assigned would collide with their parent devices.</para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para><literal>ATTRS{type}=="1"</literal> - Optional. This key will
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| 74 | only be added if this NIC is a wireless NIC whose driver creates
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| 75 | multiple virtual interfaces; it ensures the rule only matches the
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| 76 | primary interface. The secondary interfaces are not matched for the
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| 77 | same reason that VLAN and bridge sub-interfaces are not matched: there
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| 78 | would be a name collision.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para><literal>ATTRS{address}</literal> - The value of this key is the
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| 82 | NIC's MAC address.</para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para><literal>NAME</literal> - The value of this key is the name that
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| 86 | Udev will assign to this interface.</para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 | </itemizedlist>
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[a3b689f] | 89 |
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[80640a49] | 90 | <para>The value of <literal>NAME</literal> is the important part. Make sure
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| 91 | you know which name has been assigned to each of your network cards before
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| 92 | proceeding, and be sure to use that <literal>NAME</literal> value when
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| 93 | creating your configuration files below.</para>
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[c226182] | 94 |
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[d2c332bc] | 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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[d781ffb] | 97 | <sect2>
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| 98 | <title>Creating Network Interface Configuration Files</title>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script
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| 101 | depends on the files and directories in the <filename
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| 102 | class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> hierarchy.
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| 103 | This directory should contain a sub-directory for each interface to be
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| 104 | configured, such as <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename>, where
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| 105 | <quote>xyz</quote> is a network interface name. Inside this directory
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| 106 | would be files defining the attributes to this interface, such as its IP
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| 107 | address(es), subnet masks, and so forth.</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>The following command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename>
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| 110 | file for the <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
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[00a2bd12] | 111 |
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[a088964] | 112 | <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &&
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[5998892] | 113 | mkdir -v ifconfig.eth0 &&
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[a088964] | 114 | cat > ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 115 | <literal>ONBOOT=yes
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[a088964] | 116 | SERVICE=ipv4-static
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[00a2bd12] | 117 | IP=192.168.1.1
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[ba85054d] | 118 | GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
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[c0155c7] | 119 | PREFIX=24
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[d72e04a] | 120 | BROADCAST=192.168.1.255</literal>
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[f67f5cf] | 121 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[00a2bd12] | 122 |
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[d781ffb] | 123 | <para>The values of these variables must be changed in every file to match
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| 124 | the proper setup. If the <envar>ONBOOT</envar> variable is set to
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| 125 | <quote>yes</quote> the network script will bring up the Network Interface
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| 126 | Card (NIC) during booting of the system. If set to anything but
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| 127 | <quote>yes</quote> the NIC will be ignored by the network script and not
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| 128 | be brought up.</para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used for
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| 131 | obtaining the IP address. The LFS-Bootscripts package has a modular IP
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| 132 | assignment format, and creating additional files in the <filename
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| 133 | class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services</filename>
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| 134 | directory allows other IP assignment methods. This is commonly used for
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| 135 | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which is addressed in the
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| 136 | BLFS book.</para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>The <envar>GATEWAY</envar> variable should contain the default
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| 139 | gateway IP address, if one is present. If not, then comment out the
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| 140 | variable entirely.</para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para>The <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable needs to contain the number of
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| 143 | bits used in the subnet. Each octet in an IP address is 8 bits. If the
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| 144 | subnet's netmask is 255.255.255.0, then it is using the first three octets
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| 145 | (24 bits) to specify the network number. If the netmask is 255.255.255.240,
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| 146 | it would be using the first 28 bits. Prefixes longer than 24 bits are
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| 147 | commonly used by DSL and cable-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
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| 148 | In this example (PREFIX=24), the netmask is 255.255.255.0. Adjust the
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| 149 | <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable according to your specific subnet.</para>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | </sect2>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <sect2 id="resolv.conf">
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| 154 | <title>Creating the /etc/resolv.conf File</title>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="resolv.conf">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/resolv.conf">/etc/resolv.conf</primary>
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| 158 | </indexterm>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <para>If the system is going to be connected to the Internet, it will
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| 161 | need some means of Domain Name Service (DNS) name resolution to
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| 162 | resolve Internet domain names to IP addresses, and vice versa. This is
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| 163 | best achieved by placing the IP address of the DNS server, available
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| 164 | from the ISP or network administrator, into
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| 165 | <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>. Create the file by running the
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| 166 | following:</para>
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[45340ae] | 167 |
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[f67f5cf] | 168 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/resolv.conf << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 169 | <literal># Begin /etc/resolv.conf
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[45340ae] | 170 |
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[4b51ca76] | 171 | domain <replaceable><Your Domain Name></replaceable>
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[0090db5] | 172 | nameserver <replaceable><IP address of your primary nameserver></replaceable>
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| 173 | nameserver <replaceable><IP address of your secondary nameserver></replaceable>
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[45340ae] | 174 |
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[d72e04a] | 175 | # End /etc/resolv.conf</literal>
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[f67f5cf] | 176 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[45340ae] | 177 |
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[0090db5] | 178 | <para>Replace <replaceable><IP address of the nameserver></replaceable>
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[d781ffb] | 179 | with the IP address of the DNS most appropriate for the setup. There will
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| 180 | often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for
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| 181 | fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server, remove the
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| 182 | second <emphasis>nameserver</emphasis> line from the file. The IP address
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| 183 | may also be a router on the local network.</para>
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[45340ae] | 184 |
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[d781ffb] | 185 | </sect2>
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[81fd230] | 186 |
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[d781ffb] | 187 | </sect1>
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