Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:56:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles Ulrich" <charles@idealso.com> To: "Subhro" <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: editing the rc.conf Message-ID: <34708.24.11.146.21.1093636614.squirrel@freedombi.com> In-Reply-To: <b2807d0404082706437d880c23@mail.gmail.com> References: <34b425c504082705446816dc77@mail.gmail.com><20040827084819.024b60fb.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <b2807d0404082706437d880c23@mail.gmail.com>
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Except that the man page for ifconfig will tell you nothing about the correctness of your entries in rc.conf. For that you have to reboot. Most of us here can glance at them and say yea or nay, but most new users can't. And the ifconfig man page is not really newbie material either. Charles Ulrich Subhro said: > Read the manual pages for ifconfig. > > Regards > S. > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:48:19 -0400, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> > wrote: >> Soo-Hyun Choi <shchoi@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > When I need to change the IP settings, I usually go over the rc.conf >> > directly (as root) to change the IP settings. The question is that >> > once I change the settings I need to re-boot the system in order to >> > the change be working. >> > >> > Is there any way that I can apply the changes without re-booting the >> system? >> >> man ifconfig >> >> -- >> Bill Moran >> Potential Technologies >> http://www.potentialtech.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > -- > Subhro Sankha Kar > School of Information Technology > Block AQ-13/1 Sector V > ZIP 700091 > India > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- System Administrator Ideal Solution - http://www.idealso.com
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