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Could someone tell me how to change my IP address on my SCO box.  It's an odd
ball address now and I need to make it a real address for my network.  Any
help would be appreciated but detailed instructions earns you an extra point!
Thanks
Jim

You can either use the netconfig command or use scoadmin if you are
using Openserver 5.0.x .  I like using netconfig personnally.  Once you
change the address, you also need to go into /etc/hosts and delete the
old address line.  Then reboot and you should be all set.

Michael Wicks

What version of the OS are you running ??

CompMan31 telecommunicated:
| What version of the OS are you running ??

Who would be the antecedent of the pronoun in your question?

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: Could someone tell me how to change my IP address on my SCO box.  It's an odd
: ball address now and I need to make it a real address for my network.  Any
: help would be appreciated but detailed instructions earns you an extra point!

Right.  All "boxes" are identical.  You wouldn't have
the version handy so we don't need to deal in the vague
generalities required to cover multiple versions?

My *GUESS* is that you will also want to change the
FQDN (fully qualified domain name) as well as the IP
address.  This is non-trivial.  I'll assume SCO Unix
3.2v4.2 with net382e install.

Changing an IP address takes more than just running
netconfig.  There are far too many files that have
system names, IP addresses, or both inside.  I just
finished renaming a server.  It took me 2 hours to get
it straight and test the results.  I only recommend it
for *s and those who want to learn such things
the hard way.

The following is a list of files involved in renaming
a server.  I may have missed some as I was not running
DNS on this particular machine.
        /etc/tcp                        (symlinked to 2 other files)
        /etc/hosts
        /etc/networks
        /etc/gateways
        /etc/lmhosts                    (lan man only)
        /etc/systemid
        /etc/ppphosts                   (ppp only)
        /etc/pppauth                    (ppp only)
        /etc/default/tcp
        /etc/default/nbconf
        /etc/hosts.equiv
        /.rhosts
        /etc/conf/cf.d/config.h         (changed by uname -S new_name)
        /etc/conf/cf.d/stune            (not changed by uname -S new_name)
        /usr/lib/uucp/Permissions       (MYNAME=xxxxx)
        /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor
        /usr/mmdf/table/*               (numerous files)

You should also run:
        uname -S new_name
        /usr/mmdf/table/dbmbuild
I wasn't sure if a kernel relink was required so I did it anyway.

To change the IP address, the following files are affected.
        /etc/tcp
        /etc/hosts
        /etc/gateways
        /etc/networks
        /etc/ppphosts
        /etc/ppppool
        /usr/mmdf/table/smtp.chn
        /etc/bootptab

If you are running sendmail instead of MMDF, you have all the
pathalias databases and sendmail.cf to edit.

If you are running INN news, you will need to edit:
        /usr/lib/news/*
to change both the system name and various IP addresses
used for NNTP.

If you are running DNS, you will need to edit:
        /etc/named.boot
and all the underlying databases.

If you have any networked printers, check:
        /etc/bootptab
        /etc/printcap

As you can see, renaming and reconfiguring the IP addresses
of a server is not a trivial task.  The chain of aliases are
long and convoluted.  Be sure to keep backup copies of all
key files and a notepad with all the files that were tweaked.

Good luck.

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