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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:42:59 pm | by RolfSchumacher | Revert |
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:36:44 pm | by RolfSchumacher | Revert |
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
ifdown
!!DESCRIPTION
-/etc/network/interfaces contains network interface configuration information for the ifup(8) and __
ifdown__
(8) commands. This is where you configure how your system is connected to the network.
+/etc/network/interfaces contains network interface configuration information for the ifup(8) and ifdown(8) commands. This is where you configure how your system is connected to the network.
Lines starting with `#' are ignored. A line may be extended across
multiple lines by making the last character a backslash.
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
Additional options can be given on subsequent lines in the stanza.
Which options are available depends on the family and method, as
described below. Additional options can be made available by other
Debian packages. For example, the wireless-tools package makes available a number of options prefixed with "wireless-" which can be used to
-configure the interface using __
iwconfig__
(8)__.__
+configure the interface using iwconfig(8)__.__
Options are usually indented for clarity (as in the example above) but
are not required to be.
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
__post-down command__
Run__ command__ after taking the interface down.
There exists for each of the above mentioned options a directory
-__ /etc/network/if__-__<option>_____ the scripts in which are run (with no arguments) using __
run-parts__
(8) after the option itself has been processed.
+__ /etc/network/if__-__<option>_____ the scripts in which are run (with no arguments) using run-parts(8) after the option itself has been processed.
All of these commands have access to the following environment variables.
__IFACE__ physical name of the interface being processed
@@ -323,18 +323,19 @@
TTL setting
!!AUTHOR
-The ifupdown suite was written by Anthony Towns <
aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
. This manpage was contributed by Joey Hess
-<
joey@kitenet.net>
.
+The ifupdown suite was written by Anthony Towns <
aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
. This manpage was contributed by Joey Hess
+<
joey@kitenet.net>
.
!!SEE ALSO
-__
ifup__
(8), __
iwconfig__
(8), __
run-parts__
(8).
+ifup(8), iwconfig(8), run-parts(8).
+
----
-the old text - can be deleted if not needed any longer
+the old text - can be deleted if not needed any longer -- 2003-12-30 RolfSchumacher
!!NAME
/etc/network/interfaces - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
