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				|  |  |  <para><screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/sysconfig/network-devices</userinput></screen></para>
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				|  |  | +<para>We also need to add this directory path to the /etc/sysconfig/rc file
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				|  |  | +so that other scripts (like ifup and ifdown) know where this directory is
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				|  |  | +located.</para>
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				|  |  | +<para>Update the /etc/sysconfig/rc file by running:</para>
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				|  |  | +<para><screen><userinput>echo "network_devices=/etc/sysconfig/network-devices" >> /etc/sysconfig/rc</userinput></screen></para>
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				|  |  |  <para>Now, new files are created in that directory containing the following.
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				|  |  |  The following command creates a sample ifconfig.eth0 file:</para>
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