> -----Original Message----- > From: Keven Ring [mailto:keven@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:39 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: : [ FC2 ] ::.. NON-CRITICAL config question. > > > > >Hi, > >Since you are new to Linux, you might want to run > system-config-network > >and select the NIC that is configured with DHCP, configure > the hostname > >manually, and save > > > Excellent Advice > > > and reboot. > > > > > > <rant> > > Why oh Why do we have to suggest to people that rebooting > will take care > of everything. > > Folks, just because some major OS must reboot for anything to take > effect, does not mean that this is true of Unix in general, > to include > Linux. > > Why I shutdown/reboot unix boxes: > 1) I have a new kernel > 2) The kernel crashed (ok, this, admitted doesn't happen) > 3) Something locked the machine up (kernel, driver, etc) > 4) Power/Hardware Failure > 5) I take my laptop home > 6) I have to run some other OS > > Unix machines are generally *not* SINGLE USER MACHINES (there are > exceptions, of course!). > > IMO, rebooting in most other circumstances (changing network config, > etc) means that you just don't know how to solve the problem without > rebooting. Personally, I would rather find the "correct, > intended" way > to solve the problem, rather than resorting to reboots. In > the "olden > days", it could take HOURS for a system to reboot..... It wasn't > something you did for fun... > > In the case of a network configuration change, try the > following as root > (or sudo, if you prefer) > service network stop > service network start > > or, if you don't like to type, > service network restart > > If you only want to recycle your ethernet hostname, > ifdown eth0 > ifup eth0 > > should work fine. (You may need to restart X, but that is > for entirely > different reasons). > > > If you get into the mentality of rebooting like other OS's, then you > might as well reboot whenever you install/update something via > apt/yum/rpm, or when you compile something, etc. > > Perhaps a new menu item in Linux, similar to that in Wine/Crossover > Office: Simulate Reboot > > </rant> > Wow, flames. You are right, service network restart should work. Yang
