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Table 17.5, "Manual Network Configuration Scripts"
important scripts involved in the network configuration.
Table 17.5 Manual Network Configuration Scripts
Command
if{up,down,status}
rcnetwork
More information about udev and persistent device names is available in
Dynamic Kernel Device Management with udev

17.6.1 Configuration Files

This section provides an overview of the network configuration files and explains their
purpose and the format used.
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*
These files contain the configurations for network interfaces. They include information
such as the start mode and the IP address. Possible parameters are described in the
Function
The if* scripts start, stop network interfaces or return
the status of the specified interface. More information
is available in the manual page of ifup.
The rcnetwork script can be used to start, stop or
restart all network interfaces (or just a specified one).
Use rcnetwork stop to stop, rcnetwork
start to start and rcnetwork restart to restart
network interfaces. If you want to stop, start or restart
just one interface, use the command followed by the
interface name, for example rcnetwork restart
eth0. The rcnetwork status command displays
the state of the interfaces, their IP addresses and
whether a DHCP client is running. With rcnetwork
stop-all-dhcp-clients and rcnetwork
restart-all-dhcp-clients you can stop or
restart DHCP clients running on network interfaces.
(page 131).
(page 241) summarizes the most
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