netcfg(1M)
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
Network Configuration Manager in Configuring LAN connections,
a
SCOadmin in the UnixWare 7 System Handbook
graphical management interface; this is the
recommended method for managing network adapters.
You must have root or system owner
privileges to run the Network Configuration Manager.
For more information, see
``Configuring LAN 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.
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(7),
bcfg(4dsp)
``Configuring LAN connections'' in Configuring LAN connections.
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004