[Gllug] Question

[Tethys]

Neil Fryer writes:

>Just a question, I need to change the IP addy of a server at our hosting
>centre, which is about 1.5 hours away from the office, and I am not in the
>mood to go out there. Can anyone forsee any problems with just running:
>
>ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.205

How are you logged into the box? If it's via telnet/ssh, then you're
likely to drop your connection by doing it. This is why serial consoles
are such an essential item for remotely hosted boxen.

Tet


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