[SOLVED] How to change bootproto in ubuntu?

[nixnotes]

How does one change the boot protocol in ubuntu 8.10? I want to change:

bootproto=dhcp to
bootproto=static

as well as provide static TCP/IP information. This needs to be done form the command line as there is no gui. Thanks.

[D-cat]

I'm not sure about bootproto, but I think the interface dhcp vs static is defined in the file /etc/network/interfaces

As far as the static configuration, I don't know where it is, but being lazy as I am, I'd probably write a script that calls ifconfig in the /etc/network/if-up.d directory and see if that works.

[nixnotes]

I'm not sure about bootproto, but I think the interface dhcp vs static is defined in the file /etc/network/interfaces

As far as the static configuration, I don't know where it is, but being lazy as I am, I'd probably write a script that calls ifconfig in the /etc/network/if-up.d directory and see if that works.

Thanks for the reply. As ity happens, the answer is indeed to edit /etc/network/interfaces, changing dhcp to static and supplying all necessary ip addresses and masks.