configuring eth0
Kevin J. Cummings
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Tue Nov 16 20:15:09 UTC 2004
Jim Dishaw (dishawjp) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just finished installing and am in the process of configuring FC3. Overall the install seems to have gone well, but I have a minor issue configuring my ethernet card. In the past, I have always aliased "/sbin/ifup eth0" to "net" and "/sbin/ifdown eth0" to "nonet"
>
> I would edit my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to include the lines: USERCTL=yes and ONBOOT=no and everything would work. With FC3, I get the error message "users cannot control this device." I am able to run "neat" and bring the interface up or down through that though.
>
> Any thoughts on what I'm missing here?
Have you set USERCTL=yes ?
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Kevin J. Cummings
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