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RH9 - Non-GUI Need Help! I have a firewall box that stopped connecting to the net for some reason. Network status says both cards are configured but only 1 is active. If I try to access the card as root user I get "permission denied" msg. Changed root passwords but still no luck! Read somewhere that removing both cards, re-booting, then installing cards again & re-booting will reactivate. I am leary of this method where permissions were denied in accessing them thru "ifcfg"
Any suggestions??
I'm not sure I understand the question. I used the following command: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 & Rec'd -bash: "repeat command": Permission denied
That is a configuration file, not a script or appliction. Just edit the file with a text editor if you need to change the IP address etc then run:
ifconfig eth1 up
The reason I was trying to access the configuration was to ensure it was set to activate on boot-up. What stumps me is how to activate it if Linux sees it as configured?? If it configured correctly and set to activate at boot-up then a bad card perhaps??
Changing the setting is done via a text editor like "vi" ??
Also, I just entered : ifconfig eth1 up and rec'd "No Such Device"
It seemed to accept the same command for eth0 with no retort.
Does this indicate a nic problem?
Ran ifconfig eth1
eth1: error in fetching interface info: device not found
Ran dmesg....
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
divert: allocating divert_bkl for eth0
eth0: D-Link DFE-538TX
...plus other eth0 stuff ....nothing about eth1
ps: I didn;t setup the box .... just started learning Linux this am ... appreciate the help!!!!
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