[nzlug] CentOS and the "joys" of rpm based systems

[Daniel Pittman]

Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> My first problem is the tools. I am so used to Ubuntu and Debian that
> I'm feeling quite lost. Commands like ifconfig and apt-get just aren't
> there.

[...]

> As for ifconfig, I have no idea what the equivalent in Redhat based
> systems is. 

ifconfig, found in /sbin.

> Any clues anyone? 

I suspect that what you mean is "/etc/network/interfaces" and the
support for 'ifup' and 'ifdown' is not in the same place as under
Debian/Ubuntu, rather than ifconfig itself being missing.[1]

Find the RedHat Enterprise 5 Administration Manual online and read the
networking section of that, which will cover the way this all works.

Regards,
        Daniel

Footnotes: 
[1]  These are actually different tools and packages.

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