Hi, Im just starting out trying to learn Ubuntu. My aim is to build my own webserver and host my own sites. This may seem a silly question but I get as far as step five. Using putty (and directly) I cut and paste in vi /etc/network/interfaces Whereby the following style page appearsi have cut and pasted this from tutor) # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 gateway 192.168.0.1 What exactly am i supposed to do after I have changed this text? Because it just stays on the screen. How do I get to be able to enter in the next command line? I have tried enter and q but nothing. Im sure its somthing really simple. please help
To save and quit vi, type Code: :x For more info on basic vi commands you could look here. But there are plenty of tutorials. You may also be helped by using 'nano' instead of 'vi'. nano is a bit more visual.
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