Figuring out a headless server's zeroconf addr

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 07/22/2014 12:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/21/14 22:55, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I have a headless system that I cannot connect to.  So I was thinking to put a direct connection to it and my notebook.  Both ethernets would use the zeroconf (169.254.0.0/16) addresses.  I could then use fping
>>
>> fping -g 169.254.0.0/16
>>
>> And SHOULD be able to get its address, and then SSH into the box.
>>
>> Any other thoughts?  I can't get to the box to recable it and reboot it (as that is the only way I can figure out for it to readdress eth0) until this evening.
> To turn on zeroconf you need to modify the link to use BOOTPROTO=autoip.  (Shows as "Local-Link" in the nm gui)

But what file is this in now?  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts is a mess 
now with scripts for each wifi connection and I can't find any for my 
ethernet adapter.


>
> You'll then have something along the lines of...
>
> [egreshko at f20f ~]$ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 p2p1
> 224.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         240.0.0.0       U     1      0        0 p2p1
>