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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-scripts-network">
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7 | <title>Configuring the network script</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="network.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-network">
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11 | <primary sortas="d-network">network</primary>
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12 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
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13 |
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14 | <para>This section only applies if you're going to configure a network
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15 | card.</para>
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16 |
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17 | <para>If you don't have any network cards, you are most likely not going to
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18 | create any configuration files relating to network cards. If that is the
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19 | case, you must remove the <filename>network</filename> symlinks from all the
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20 | run-level directories
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21 | (<filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d/rc*.d</filename>)</para>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2>
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24 | <title>Creating network interface configuration files</title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script depends on
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27 | the files in the /etc/sysconfig/network-devices directory. This
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28 | directory should contain files in the form of ifconfig.xyz, where xyz is a
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29 | network interface name (such as eth0 or eth0:1)</para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>If you decide to rename or move this /etc/sysconfig/network-devices
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32 | directory, make sure you update the /etc/sysconfig/rc file as well and
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33 | update the network_devices by providing it with the new path.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Now, new files are created in that directory.
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36 | The following command creates a sample ifconfig.eth0 file:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 << "EOF"</userinput>
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39 | ONBOOT=yes
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40 | SERVICE=static
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41 | IP=192.168.1.1
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42 | GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
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43 | NETMASK=255.255.255.0
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44 | BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
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45 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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46 |
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47 | <para>Of course, the values of those variables have to be changed
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48 | in every file to match the proper setup. If the ONBOOT variable is set
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49 | to yes, the network script will bring up the equivalent NIC (Network Interface Card)
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50 | during the booting of the system.
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51 | If set to anything but yes, the equivalent NIC will be ignored by the network script
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52 | and not brought up.</para>
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53 |
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54 | <para>The SERVICE entry defines the method of obtaining the IP address.
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55 | The LFS bootscripts have a modular IP assignment format, and by creating
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56 | additional files in /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services, you can allow
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57 | other IP assignment methods. This would commonly be used if you need DHCP,
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58 | which is addressed in the BLFS book.</para>
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59 |
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60 | <para>Of course, GATEWAY should contain the IP of your default gateway, if you
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61 | have one. If not, then comment out the variable entirely.</para>
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62 |
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63 | </sect2>
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64 |
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65 | <sect2>
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66 | <title>Creating the /etc/resolv.conf file</title>
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67 |
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68 | <para>If you're going to be connected to the Internet then most likely you'll
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69 | need some means of DNS name resolution to resolve Internet domain names to IP
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70 | addresses. This is best achieved by placing the IP address of your DNS, available from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or network administrator,
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71 | into <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>. Create the file by running the
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72 | following:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/resolv.conf << "EOF"</userinput>
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75 | # Begin /etc/resolv.conf
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76 |
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77 | nameserver <IP address of your nameserver>
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78 |
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79 | # End /etc/resolv.conf
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80 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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81 |
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82 | <para>Of course, replace <IP address of your nameserver> with the IP
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83 | address of the DNS most appropriate for your setup. There will often be
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84 | more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for fallback capability). The IP address may even be a router on your local network.</para>
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85 |
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86 | </sect2>
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87 |
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88 | </sect1>
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