Added a note to the dhcpcd instructions that configuration files in /etc will be overwritten

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Randy McMurchy 2004-07-13 06:58:01 +00:00
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@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
<screen><userinput><command>make install-service-dhcpcd</command></userinput></screen>
<note><para>The default behavior of <command>dhcpcd</command> is to overwrite
(after making backup copies) <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>,
<filename>/etc/yp.conf</filename> and <filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename> with
new files containing information from the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server. If
this is undesirable, review the <command>dhcpcd</command> man page for
switches to add to the <command>dhcpcd</command> command in the network
service script.</para></note>
<para>Now create the <filename>ifconfig.eth0</filename> configuration
file using the following commands. Adjust appropriately for additional
interfaces.</para>
@ -148,8 +156,8 @@ variables from <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename>: </para>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>dhcpcd</title>
<para><command>dhcpcd</command> is an implementation of the <acronym>DHCP
</acronym> client specified in <acronym>RFC</acronym>2131 and
<para><command>dhcpcd</command> is an implementation of the
<acronym>DHCP</acronym> client specified in <acronym>RFC</acronym>2131 and
<acronym>RFC</acronym>1541 (depending on which options are specified).</para>
</sect3>

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@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ who wrote what.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>July 13th, 2004 [randy]: Added a note to the dhcpcd
instructions advising the builder that dhcpcd will overwrite existing
/etc configuration files.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>July 13th, 2004 [randy]: Updated to
libdv-0.102; updated Glossary.</para></listitem>