Problem configuring network

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 April 2007, Tim wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 11:08 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> I've got an FC6 box that I'm having some trouble getting the network
>>> configured correctly.  I keep getting the error below when eth0 is
>>> started.  This happens on reboot or if I attempt to restart the
>>> network.
>>>     Networking works but I keep getting the error message.  Any ideas
>>> where I've gone wrong?
>>>
>>> [root at knute knute]# /sbin/service network restart
>>> Shutting down interface eth0:                              [  OK  ]
>>> Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
>>> SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
>>> Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
>>> Bringing up interface eth0:  sysfs class device: Permission denied
>>> Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.3.5.
>>>                                                             [FAILED]
>>
>> Taking the error notice at face value, you've got some other device on
>> the same network already using that address.  You can't do that, and it
>> checks when attempting to bring an interface on-line.  Change one of
>> them.
>>
> Maybe something on the network grabbed the address via dhcp?

Maybe Tim should be getting *his* IP via DHCP?

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> Anne
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 		Matthew Saltzman

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