Need command to change server IP address

dimmu · 11-03-2003, 01:47 PM

Hi, I'm a Linux noob who inherited a Slackware webserver system.

The university where I work installed new hardware and assigned a new IP to my network connection. I need to know the command to change the IP on my linux server.

Thanks!

trickykid · 11-03-2003, 02:27 PM

ifconfig command will do this.

You'll also want to edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to make these changes for when you boot up.

Or you can do the simple way and run netconfig to change your network settings, etc.

dimmu · 11-03-2003, 04:02 PM

That's my problem. I don't know the exact commands for editing /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to change my IP. I'm a linux beginner.

I used netconfig to edit my network settings, but when I typed /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 it showed my IP as the old one.

trickykid · 11-03-2003, 04:24 PM

You have to use vi or pico or any other command line editor to edit text files. But when you run netconfig, this should actually edit the rc.inet1 file.

Regards.