On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:17:01 -0700 (PDT), ec wrote: > Being 'man page' stupid, how does one 'turn on' eth0 > from the command line? Do you have to be root? > > What is the syntax that does it? I know it is stupidly > simple to do, but the wife turns on her computer after > a storm passes before I get the modem hooked back up > to the power and phone line. I just need the script to > get her back up without rebooting her system. > > I have figured out how to kill mine, but so far > haven't turned it back on except by reboot. > > ===== /etc/init.d/eth0 start This is exactly how the boot script does it. The directories /etc/rc? will contain symbolic links to stuff in /etc/init.d . This is how it knows when to boot what. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_04_02.html Though I don't have any on my Gentoo box :) Need to figure out Gentoo's way behind-the-scenes-of-rc-update. -- --Alexander --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss