change IP of Gentoo Box from PHP

RasmusT

I need a script that can change the ip adress of my Gentoo box.

I have made a script that chown /etc/conf.d/net and change the values, but when i restart the server i get the error "Configuration not set for eth0 - assuming DHCP"

i seems like the server don't read the config if its changed by another user than root.

Can i make a script that change the values without chown the file?

PLEASE HELP

cahva

If your script works when you are root the solution is quite simple.

From PHP, save the information(IP in this case) you need to somewhere(database, textfile)
run a cronjob(as a root) and check for changes..lets say every minute

It could be simple as saving a textfile with the new IP. Now when you have cronjob that checks if the file exists, run your script and take the IP from the textfile. After your script is run, delete the textfile.

RasmusT

It will be very nice if the script worked realtime,
If the user (on the webinterface) reboots the server to fast, the change will not be saved because the cron not have run..