I'm trying to setup a Debian VM to have a static network configuration. I have the following in /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address x.y.z.73 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway x.y.z.1 Nevertheless, when the ifup script is run, it insists on running a DHCP client, which I do not want. When running under shell debug, I can see that some variables with interesting names are never being set, and I don't see /etc/network/interfaces being read anywhere. I do, however, see /etc/netscripts/network.conf being read (never heard of that file before).
root@host:~# bash -x /sbin/ifup eth0 ++ id -un + '[' root '!=' root ']' .. snip .. + IF_AUTO=eth0 + IPV4_DISABLE=NO + IPV6_DISABLE=NO ++ uname -r + BASE_MODPATH=/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel + MODPATH=/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/net ++ cut -d . -f 1,2 ++ uname -r + KERN_VERSION=3.2 ...snip... + '[' -f /etc/netscript/network.conf ']' + source /etc/netscript/network.conf + . /etc/netscript/network.conf ++ VERBOSE=YES ...snip... ++ BACKUP_LEVELS=3 ++ IF_AUTO=eth0 ...snip... + vb echo -n 'Configuring interface:' + echo -n 'Configuring interface:' + '[' eth0 = all ']' + case "$RUNLVL" in + eval local 'IF_CHAIN_AUTO="${eth0_IF_CHAIN_AUTO:-}"' ++ local IF_CHAIN_AUTO= + if_up eth0 + local ADDR + eval 'IPADDR=${eth0_IPADDR:-}' ++ IPADDR= + eval 'MASKLEN=${eth0_MASKLEN:-}' ++ MASKLEN= + eval 'BROADCAST=${eth0_BROADCAST:-}' ++ BROADCAST= + eval 'PTPADDR=${eth0_PTPADDR:-}' ++ PTPADDR= + eval 'IP_EXTRA_ADDRS=${eth0_IP_EXTRA_ADDRS:-}' ++ IP_EXTRA_ADDRS= + eval 'MTU=${eth0_MTU:-}' ... snip .... + qt type eth0_start + type eth0_start + qt type eth_start + type eth_start + eth_start eth0 + '[' -x /sbin/dhclient ']' + qt /sbin/dhclient eth0 + /sbin/dhclient eth0 Why are these settings being ignored ? Did I do a stupid typo in the config ? or did I forget to run some administrative command ? Has the interfaces file been obsoleted in favor of the network.conf one ?
