[techtalk] Debian and DHCP

[Kath]

How can I setup apt-get to work through a proxy?

- Kathy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole Zimmerman" <colby at wsu.edu>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Debian and DHCP


> I guess it is using pump (/sbin/pump) to configure the interface, that is
> one of the first ~100 processes so I'd imagine it is started when my net
> card is initialised.
>
> Pump is what dpkg tells me is the replacement for dhcpd, but dhcpd is also
> out there (you can get either from apt-get install). I don't know the
> difference, but I'd imagine that dhcpd is more widely used.
>
> -nicole (again)
>
> At 13:02 on Jul 13, Nicole Zimmerman combined all the right letters to
say:
>
> > Check out /etc/network/interfaces
> >
> > instead of something like
> >
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > (blah blah blah blah)
> >
> > you will need to use:
> >
> > iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>
>
>
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