Hardy server network configuration should mention 'auto' twice
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Connor Imes | ||
Bug Description
SRU:
Patch in Lucid: http://
Impact: none, line should not need to be translated
Should not have any regressions.
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Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
I'm running a server (alas, not installed as such) on 8.04.3. I just needed to change its network configuration from DHCP to a static address. I found this page, and tried to follow it:
https:/
I should have known better after so many years, but I both forgot, and didn't read, that I needed to add the appropriate 'auto ethX' line to go with my static configuration.
The box of configuration text
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
looks, at first glance, like it only applied to DHCP configurations. The `auto eth0` line should be duplicated at the top of the next box, as well, to make it clear that it applies to static configurations as well.
Thanks for your report, Phil. I think this definitely needs to be fixed with a SRU in Hardy and Karmic. I'll make a patch for this one soon.