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Subject: conf/1007: Bogus static route in default /etc/sysconfig
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>Number:         1007
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       Bogus static route in default /etc/sysconfig
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb  8 13:30:02 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Garrett Wollman
>Organization:
MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

	-current as of this morning

>Description:

	/usr/src/etc/sysconfig contains the following text:

	|static_routes="multicast loopback"
	|route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface ${hostname}"
	|route_loopback="${hostname} localhost"

	The `loopback' bits are bogus.  Furthermore, a number of people have
	name-resolution problems related to the use of ${hostname} in
	route_multicast; this should use a numeric IP address instead.

>How-To-Repeat:

	more /usr/src/etc/sysconfig

>Fix:
	
	Delete the offending bits, which serve no purpose.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
Garrett A. Wollman