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upstart package

  1. Bug #430125
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 430125

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Daniel Holbert (dholbert) wrote :

If you have a root shell, you should be able to auto-configure your network connection by running:
   dhclient eth0
(where "eth0" would be the name of your network interface, as reported by "ifconfig")

This worked for me earlier today, when I only had a shell with no networking.