Text Based Network Configuration

[sundar narayanasamy]

What is the tool that replaced linuxconf/netconf? I just installed linuxconf from RH 7.1 and been using it without any problem.

Sundar


On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:10:24 -0800
"Simper, Brian D" <brian.d.simper@intel.com> wrote:

> 
> I am looking for command line or text based network configuration tools.  As
> you may be aware, Red Hat does not include linuxconf or netconf with RH 7.1
> or 7.2.  Admittedly, using this venerable tool could cause problems but
> netconf was functional once you got past the quirks.  
> 
> The new graphical tools are OK, but I don't always have access to the
> console and sometimes I want to build a server without a GUI.  So how do you
> make changes to the network with text only tools?  Is there a complete
> reference showing exactly which configuration files you can manually edit
> and which services to manually start to get the network configured?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
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