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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:15:50 +0400
From: а х <7cigun@...il.com>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Manage network interfaces

Thank you for very clear answer!

2013/2/20 <gremlin@...mlin.ru>

> On 20-Feb-2013 11:49:29 +0400, а х wrote:
>
>  > Hello, Can you tell me, please how to manage interfaces in OWL.
>  > For example, I need eth0 to become eth1 and eth1 become eth0.
>
> Hmmmm... possibly, `man nameif`?
>
>  > As I see not with udev?
>
> We don't use udev, as it's insecure. Also, properly configured system
> doesn't need it.
>
>  > And parameter HWADDR in ifcfg scripts does not help.
>
> Do you actually need to change a MAC address? That's much easier:
>
> ip link set dev eth0 address 00:11:22:33:44:55
>
>  > Or show me, please, doc about this tip. Thank you!
>
> In general, we should rewrite the network configuration scripts from
> scratch... For now, personally I use the following quick-and-dirty
> trick in init.d/network:
>
> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.network ]; then
>   exec /etc/rc.d/rc.network $* || exit 0
> fi
>
> That allows me to perform a sort of exotic configuration like:
>
> ip link set dev eth0 up
> ip link set dev eth1 up
>
> vconfig add eth1 100
> ip link set dev eth1.100 up
> brctl addbr lan
> brctl addif lan eth0
> brctl addif lan eth1.100
> ip link set dev lan up
> ip address add ... dev lan
>
> vconfig add eth1 7
> ip link set dev eth1.7 mtu 1470 up
> ip address add ... dev eth1.7
>
> vconfig add eth1 22
> ip link set dev eth1.22 up
> ip address add ... dev eth1.22
>
>
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