change the ip on a linux server

[djr111]

by editing files, what file(s) do I have to edit to change the ip address on a linux server

I think it is /etc/sysconfig/network, I thought I did it there, but am finding alot of different stuff on google.

How do I specify in what ever file I edit the ip, gateway ...etc

sorry for the dumb question..




thanks

 

[lgarner]

It depends on the disribution.

On RHEL it's in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<if_name> and routing is set in /etc/sysconfig/network.

On SLES 10 the files are in /etc/sysconfig/network/ and the ones you want are "routes" and "ifcfg-eth-id-<mac_addr>".

You'll also probably want to edit /etc/hosts as that usually has the local host's address.

 

[pavNell]

a lot of distros come with a nice tool called netconfig.
You can run it from the command line (as root) and it'll go through step by step to configure a network interface.

 

[QatQat]

netconfig does not work well for multiple interfaces.

I recommend always the good old command prompt.

Anyway, standard command for any linux distros is ifconfig
an example is below

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Follow lgarner's post to make the changes permanent


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