netcfg(ADM)
netcfg --
Network adapter configuration utility
Synopsis
/usr/sbin/netcfg
[ -racevs ]
[ chain ]
[ element ]
Description
netcfg configures and enables network products.
netcfg provides a standard way to combine networking
products together to form a networking system from compatible
networking components.
NOTE:
Entered without options, netcfg invokes the graphical
Network Configuration Manager in Configuring LAN connections,
the recommended interface for managing network adapters.
You must have root or system owner
privileges to run the Network Configuration Manager.
For more information, see
``Configuring network connections'' in Configuring LAN connections.
netcfg assembles compatible sets of networking products into
functional groups called chains. Configuring (adding) a chain will do
everything necessary to enable the functions of the component products in
the chain within a single command. Deconfiguring (removing) a chain
through netcfg does everything necessary to disable the
function of the component parts of the chain also in a single command.
A chain consists of a top level product, and one or more lower layer
networking products that together produce a functional networking system.
NOTE:
Currently, netcfg only supports defining two network
cards into a chain.
Support for longer chains will be addressed in a future release.
netcfg takes the following options:
-r chain-
Remove. netcfg skips the main menu and removes the
specified chain.
Unless the -d option is specified, users will still be required
to answer any questions that are asked by the removal scripts.
Chain names are specified with a single word comprised of the names of
each element in the chain separated by ``#'' characters:
top#middle...#bottom.
A single complete, valid chain name must be passed to
netcfg with the -r option.
-v-
Version. netcfg prints its version number and exits.
-s-
Status. netcfg prints a list of the currently installed
chains and exits.
This is intended for use in shell scripts that are trying to
remove all chains associated with their product.
-a chain-
Add. Add a chain specified by the user. Designed as part of the
command line engine, this option will perform an add (call the add
scripts) without any user intervention.
If the chain passed in is invalid, then netcfg
will return an error and output a single line error message
suitable for display to the user.
-c chain element-
Reconfigure an element in a chain. Requires a chain name and
element as arguments.
-e chain-
Element. Output the list of elements in the given chain that support
reconfiguring.
References
mdi(HW),
bcfg(DSP)
``Configuring network connections'' in Configuring LAN connections.
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SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 -- 05 June 2007