[/etc/network/interfaces]Syntax somewhere??

Hi,

I have a pc_debian and a pc_xp nicely telneting at the end of a
somewhat plug-and-play network setup through an ISP-provided
ADSL/router box and a switch.
Both pc s see the Web.
However I'd like to beef up my knowledge of the conf-iguration files,
zeroing on /interfaces.
I did a "interfaces syntax" search on Google, which returns a mix of
threads and posts.

Here is how mine looks like at the moment:
================================================== =
acerdebian:/etc/network# cat interfaces
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installatio
auto iface eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
acerdebian:/etc/network#
================================================== =
It looks nice *except* I don't see "dhcp" within the "ps aux" output???

I've hardcoded the mac addresses in the ISP/ADSL/dhcp/Router page

So I need help to study the /interfaces file syntax

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:48:42 -0700, universalbitmapper wrote:

> It looks nice *except* I don't see "dhcp" within the "ps aux" output???

The dhcp process is only active when requesting to the dhcp server.
Once the IP adress is assigned, there is no dhcp process anymore.
If you want to look how did it work, grep for dhcp in the
/var/log/messages file.

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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:48:42 -0700, universalbitmapper wrote:

> auto iface eth0

auto eth0

no "iface" needed

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Hi R12y, thanks for your reply.

I tried "tail -f" on the /var/log/messages file, there is no entry for
dhcp.

Actually I've been advised on my ISP/Adsl/box forum not to hard code
mac addresses, but to set the pc_debian domain name to "workgroup", as
it's the default one for the pc_xp, because then I could set up DNS.
I'd like to know in which "conf" file I can hard-code this domain name?

universalbitmapper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a pc_debian and a pc_xp nicely telneting at the end of a
> somewhat plug-and-play network setup through an ISP-provided
> ADSL/router box and a switch.
> Both pc s see the Web.
> However I'd like to beef up my knowledge of the conf-iguration files,
> zeroing on /interfaces.

Try

man 5 interfaces

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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:25:56 -0700, universalbitmapper wrote:

> I tried "tail -f" on the /var/log/messages file, there is no entry for
> dhcp.

$ grep dhcp /var/log/messages

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On 24 Apr 2006 02:25:56 -0700, universalbitmapper
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi R12y, thanks for your reply.
>
> I tried "tail -f" on the /var/log/messages file, there is no entry for
> dhcp.
>
> Actually I've been advised on my ISP/Adsl/box forum not to hard code
> mac addresses, but to set the pc_debian domain name to "workgroup", as
> it's the default one for the pc_xp, because then I could set up DNS.
> I'd like to know in which "conf" file I can hard-code this domain name?
>
Windows domain names and DNS domain names are not the same thing. In
/etc/samba/smb.conf you should find these lines:

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = MSHOME



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Am Montag, den 24.04.2006, 10:57 +0200 schrieb R12y:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:48:42 -0700, universalbitmapper wrote:
>
> > It looks nice *except* I don't see "dhcp" within the "ps aux" output???
>
> The dhcp process is only active when requesting to the dhcp server.
> Once the IP adress is assigned, there is no dhcp process anymore.
> If you want to look how did it work, grep for dhcp in the
> /var/log/messages file.
>
Maybe the dhcp-executable is called pump

Greets
Chris Scheurer

Hi Tauno,

You really made my day :-)

I typed (this might help a newbie):

leonardo$ man 5 interfaces | col -b > /tmp/interfaces_man.txt

gmailed the file, now it's printed.

These work too in man 5: inetd.conf, hosts

I'll try them all

Many thanks to all the nethelpers :-)

J.B.