The command line version of Network Administration Tool
can be used to save the system's network configuration to a file. This
file can then be used to restore the network settings to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
This feature can be used as part of an automated backup script, to save
the configuration before upgrading or reinstalling, or to copy the
configuration to a different Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
To save, or export, the system's network
configuration to the file /tmp/network-config,
execute the following command as root:
system-config-network-cmd -e > /tmp/network-config |
To restore, or import, the network configuration
from the file created from the previous command, execute the following
command as root:
system-config-network-cmd -i -c -f /tmp/network-config |
The -i option means to import the data, the
-c option means to clear the existing configuration
prior of importing, and the -f option specifies that
the file to import is as follows.
