[lug] Linux and ATT at Home

howeljs at grimoire.stortek.com howeljs at grimoire.stortek.com
Thu Jun 21 13:17:07 MDT 2001


In RH 7.1, I can't say for older versions, the script checks for pump. 
If it's not there it uses dhcpcd. it's an if [ -x /usr/sbin/pump ] type 
deal. Just make pump non executable or move it to another dir and the 
system will fall back automagically.

Holshouser, David wrote:

> I'd say that uninstalling pump isn't necessary if you edit the config file
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup
> and replace the pump call with a call to dhcpcd
> ==================
>     echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE..."
>     if /sbin/pump $PUMPARGS -i $DEVICE ; then
>         echo " done."
>     else
>         echo " failed."
>         exit 1
>     fi
> ---------->>>>>>>>
>     echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE..."
>     if /path/to/dhcpcd $PUMPARGS -i $DEVICE ; then
>         echo " done."
>     else
>         echo " failed."
>         exit 1
>     fi
> ==================
> and if you are willing to do this, then searching for, understanding, and
> changing PUMPARGS shouldn't be too big a leap.


-- 
  Jeff Howell
  EDS Unix Support

  for a in `your_base`
   do
    chown us:us $a
   done




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