How to find file which stores IP address

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Hi all,

I am new to this forum and this is my first question :). Using Red hat Linux.I tried to find file which stores IP address based on different helps given in this forum but did not get success. Here is the system details:

-bash-3.2$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description:    CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
Release:        5.5
Codename:       Final
-bash-3.2$ pwd
/etc/sysconfig
-bash-3.2$ cd ..
-bash-3.2$ vi redhat-release
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)

Where is the file located in case of Red hat system?

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if-config will show you the IP addresses for network interfaces.

The config files are under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/.

(on RHEL anyway, but I think it's the same for CentOS)

3

I'm sure I understand what your asking. Well here is guess.

Have you looked at your /etc/hosts file? lets say your servers name is loki.
For example:

username@loki> more /etc/hosts

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost      loki
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost      loki
fe80::1%lo0     localhost

10.0.0.21   loki
10.1.0.31   loki-2
10.1.0.41   loki-sc

In this example 10.0.0.21 is the normal ip address. The loki-2 is the loki server on anther network. loki-sc is the name and IP address for the remote console of the loki server. If you use DNS then this info will be on the DNS server.

I hope this was useful.