ifconfig problem of busybox 1.4.1?

[Jan Evert van Grootheest]

> If I run ifconfig command with "inet" parameter, I got 
> following message:
> 
> fconfig eth0 inet 10.1.0.2
> ifconfig: inet: Resolver Error 0 (no error)
> 
> And the ip address is not added onto the interface. Does 
> anyone has clue what's going on here? On busybox 1.2.1 there 
> is no problem.

Maybe you're confused with the /etc/network/interfaces syntax (iface
eth0 inet dhcp)?
Or the ip utility (-f inet)?
AFAIK there is no inet keyword for ifconfig. Never was. I checked
RHEL2.1 and Ubuntu feisty (pre-7.04).

And scripts can be fixed...

-- Jan Evert 
 
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