[Novalug] new install of Fedora 8

[Jonathan W. Rose]

Jay Hart wrote:
>> ---- Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> Ok,
>>> finally getting around to playing with my new install of FC8.
>>>
>>> Two problems:
>>>
>>> 1. PC doesn't have a connection on my network
>>>
>>> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 reports that the NIC is
>>> configured for:
>>> ip 192.168.1.30
>>> subnet mask 255.255.255.0
>>> network 192.168.1.0
>>> gateway 192.168.1.1
>>>
>>> This is as I initially set it during install, this looks good.
>>>
>>> /sbin/ifconfig shows this:
>>>
>>> ip 169.254.59.150
>>> bcast 169.254.255.255
>>> mask 255.255.0.0
>>>
>>> if I ping 192.168.1.1, get network unreachable error
>>>
>>> How to fix this?   I tried /sbin/ifcfg DEV del address/32
>>> returned 'ip: command not found' *Doesn't like the ip address for some
>>> reason.
>>>
>>> But, any of the combos I've of this command don't work, it seems to have an
>>> error regardless of option supplied.
>>>
>>> I also have to manually activate the eht0 interface after booting, instead
>>> of
>>> it already being enabled.  According to the System->Admin->Network util,
>>> this
>>> interfce is already selected to be enabled at startup, and the address is
>>> set
>>> to 192.168.1.30.
>>>
>>> So, how to set my ip address to ensure its 192.168.1.30
>>>
>>>       
>> I'm not at my box at the moment, however, you need to set the bootproto= none,
>> assuming you don't already have that.   There's also a onboot option in there
>> that should be set to yes.
>>
>>     
> bootproto=none (already set)
> onboot=yes (already set)
>
> If I follow you right, these settings are correct?  (And, this is how they are
> set, I didn't modify them)
>
> Jay
>
>   

This is what I have for my static network....
DEVICE=eth1
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=<your mac address>
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=no
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.150.100
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>>> Problem # 2:
>>>
>>> I want to add /sbin to the path, so that when I sudo, I can then run
>>> commands
>>> in /sbin. I looked around some of the files in /etc, and in the users home
>>> dir, but didn't see where this is being stored and run at startup.
>>>
>>> So, what file do I need to modify to add /sbin to my path?
>>>
>>> TIA,  (typing this on a P.O.S. Windows box)
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>       
>> site wide for everyone the files are /etc/profile.d
>> However for something like this you're better off modifying the individuals
>> .bashrc or .csh or whatever file.  Just put the appropriate environment
>> variable for path.
>>
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