Create a LiveCD with a static-IP config as default in NetworkManager?

Fernando Cassia fcassia at gmail.com
Mon Apr 15 16:20:49 UTC 2013


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 08:35:16AM -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>> I wonder if it's possible to modify a Fedora LiveCD to include a
>> static-IP config in the default ethernet NIC
>> instead of the default (which is to use DHCP), DNS etc?.
>>
>> Is there a  single file that network manager uses for its default
>> config?. If yes, that'd allow me to change a single file instead of
>> resolv.conf for DNS, and using ifconfig to set the default gw etc...
>
> I believe you can edit the corresponding file for a connection under
>
>   /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<connection_name>
>
> Not sure which field though.  You can look at the contents of the
> corresponding file after configuring a dummy static IP connection.

Thanks! It helps a lot. On a liveCD booted system, the file is named
ifcfg-Wired_connection_1 in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

now I'll have to find if on the LiveCD the contents of
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts are decompressed during boot or
generated post-boot.

FC


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