From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 25 13:28:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3354B14FF9 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:28:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (ident=ben) by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.12 #4) id 10QF2F-0000GY-00; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:39:19 +0000 (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:39:19 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: Mark Tinguely Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, thefett@negativemass.com Subject: Re: Changing the IP address on a FreeBSD machine? Message-ID: <19990325183919.A1009@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <199903251524.JAA10186@plains.NoDak.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199903251524.JAA10186@plains.NoDak.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Tinguely wrote: > if you are running a desktop machine, it is easier to change the address > in the ifconfig_XX# line of the file /etc/rc.conf (2.2.X) or > /etc/defaults/rc.conf (3.X) and reboot, but that may not be an option > for those running servers. You should not change anything in /etc/defaults, as I understand it, hence the name. Settings in that file can be overridden from /etc/rc.conf, which is the Right Thing to do. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message