[gentoo-server] Re: What provides net (e.g., /etc/init.d/net.eth0)?

[Jerry McBride]

Collin Starkweather wrote:

> I have an interface ath0 set up and would like all the various things
> that 'need net' to recognize that as something that provides it.
>
> Per the Gentoo initscripts docs
>
>   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=5
>
> something in /etc/init.d should have 'provide net' in the depend()
> section.  But /etc/init.d/net.eth0 has
>
>   depend() {
>           use hotplug pcmcia
>   }
>
> and a grep comes up empty.  Where is the provider of the 'net' virtual
> dependency defined?
>
> I put a 'provide net' in /etc/init.d/net.ath0 but when I start it up,
> other things that 'need net' such as sshd still don't recognize it as
> something that provides the virtual 'net' dependency and try to start
> eth0.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Collin
>

Hi Collin,

Those scripts in /etc/init.d are actual startup scripts that are called by
two methods... First there's the Pain-In-The-Ass internal dependencies as
you seem to be familiar with and then there's the runlevels... You can list
the runlevels by: rc-update -s. Unless you've chaned it, net.eth0 is in the
default runlevel...


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