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LAT
12-14-2004, 03:32 AM
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
When I
#nano /sbin/dhclient
this is a sample of what I get...
^?ELF^A^A^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^B^@^C^@^A^@^@^@À^Ñ^D ^H4^@^@^@X^×^A^@^@^@^@^@4^@ ^$
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^X^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^V^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^U^@^@^@^$
^@^@´^U^F^H^G^K^@^@¸^U^F^H^G^L^@^@¼^U^F^H^G^M^@^@À ^U^F^H^G^N^@^@Ä^U^F^H^G^O^@^@$
^ËE^L^Ë^@^ÉEèë^E^ÍEèÿ^@ÇD$^H^X^@^@^@ÇD$^D^H^@^@^@^ ËEè^É^D$è¨üÿÿÇ^D$^?^@^@^@è<ýÿ$
Ç^EØð^E^H^@^@^@^@f^Ã=^ܦ^F^H^@uCÇD$^D*¦^E^HÇ^D$.¦^ E^HèL÷ÿÿ^ÉEø^Ã}ø^@u^TÇ^D$D^@^$
^@^@^@èìôÿÿè>^À^@^@¸^@^@^@^@ÉÃU^Éå^Ãì^HÇ^D$^Àñ^E^Hèc

I need it to recognize the 2.6 kernel.

thank you :)
LAT

nabis
12-14-2004, 04:46 AM
file /sbin/dhclient
/sbin/dhclient: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

you are trying to edit a binary file :)

man dhclient.conf
nano /etc/dhclient.conf

serz
12-14-2004, 08:07 AM
You may want to take a look at dhclient's man page.

man dhclient