From: Net Llama! <net...@li...> - 2003-02-15 01:00:55
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Ferdinand, Thanks for the offer, but unfortunately, i'm not able to use Debian for my UML instances, only Redhat. -Lonni On 02/14/03 10:53, Ferdinand O. Tempel wrote: > Hias Lonni, > > I don't know if you're aware of how Debian configures its interfaces, > but it uses /etc/network/interfaces for that. > In that file it basically states per interface which parameters belong > to it, such as ip address, netmask, network, gateway, etc. And since > that is again just a plain ascii file, I can patch it with the setup > script to hold the information I need. Then, after the setup script > reboots the UML, the system simply sets all interfaces according to the > information it finds in /etc/network/interfaces. > > Easy as that. > > If you want I can send you a download URL from which you can grab a > (~50MB) archive of my development version. It ties 4 UMLs together using > a GRE tunnel running over an ipsec tunnel. It probably doesn't use the > easiest way of setting up networking (it uses 4 tun interfaces on the > host as I haven't mastered uml_switch yet :-). It works for me though, > all you need is to have look over the startup script to make sure you > use a valid UID to run it all as (though you start the script as root, > the UMLs themselves run as an unprivileged user. It's probably a lot > clearer when you have a look at the system as a whole, just ask. (I'll > try to include a README which explains how and what :-). > > Ferdinand > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 18:16, Net Llama! wrote: >> Thanks again Ferdinand. WHat i'm wondering (and perhaps i'm just missing >> something obvious), but is there a way for me to set a unique static IP >> address for each UML instance i start up using a variant of your script >> below? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman net...@li... Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 5:00pm up 32 days, 26 min, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.23, 0.20 |