Is there any python package that could configure IP address of network interface?

Question

I am writing a server application which allow remote client to show/add/change/delete IP addresses of network interfaces of the machine where the host is running.

The OS is Linux(CentOS 5.2), so I could do that by simply parse and edit configure file. But is there any package that could simplify the job?

And if there is none such package, if I open source my implementation, will that help other people?

Answer 1

It looks like the open source project confparse should be able to easily do what you're looking for. In fact, one of their examples is parsing and modifying /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 with ease.

If you find this isn't what you need, I say that any efforts towards open sourcing software will inevitably help other people at some point, given that it is actually useful. ;)