NETCONF(8)

NAME
netconf - menu-based utility to configure network interfaces

SYNOPSIS
netconf [device]

EXAMPLE
To bring down your first network card, type

netconf eth0

DESCRIPTION
netconf is network configuration tool written in bash for the Source Mage GNU/Linux distribution. It uses dialog to provide a menu driven interface to configuring network devices. In addition to configuring these network device files, netconf can also configure nameservers (/etc/resolv.conf) and the machine's hostname (/etc/hostname and /etc/hosts).

ADVANCED USAGE
The files in /etc/sysconfig/network may contain special functions which override the default functions. These functions can be used to specify extra commands which are needed to bring the device up or down. netconf does not currently provide a means for specifying these special functions. However, it will leave them untouched when editing a device file that contains them. The currently supported functions are:

  do_device_up : commands needed to bring the device up

  do_route_up : commands needed to set up routing after the device is brought up

  on_up : commands to run after the device is brought up

  do_device_down: commands needed to bring the device down

  do_route_down : commands needed to set up routing after the device is brought down

  on_down : commands to run after the device is brought down

NOTES

Please note that all calls to netconf are non-interactive so they can be run from a init script or something similar.

FILES
Network devices in Source Mage are configured using files in /etc/sysconfig/network Each device has its own file and must end with the extension ".dev". These files specify options for the device and may even override special functions to perform extra activities when a device is brought up or down. (See "ADVANCED USAGE").

AUTHOR
Original version by Arwed v. Merkatz, maintained by the Source Mage GNU Linux Team (http://www.sourcemage.org)

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to bugzilla <http://bugs.sourcemage.org>

SEE ALSO
ifup(8), ifdown(8)

WARRANTY
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY