RE: IP address question

[Dennis, Richard]

#!/bin/sh
#
# Module:getLocalIP

IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | awk '/inet addr/{print $2}' | sed 's/addr://'`
echo "=MyIP="$IPADDR



-----Original Message-----
From: Systems Administrator [mailto:sysadmin@sunet.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 3:31 AM
To: Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no
Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org
Subject: Re: IP address question


On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:

> Someone else got this once because they had defined their own host as 
> localhost in files or dns. A reverse lookup effect.

        Right.  Phooey.  That means that I have to use ifconfig to get my 
other IP.  

        :)

> 
> M
> 
> On  1 Oct, Systems Administrator wrote:
> >     Hi all.  Does anyone know how cfengine determines $(ipaddress)?
> > Because mine is currently giving 127.0.0.1.  
> > 
> >     :)
> > 
> 
> 
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