Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:36:14 +0100 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: spil.oss@gmail.com, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing aliases removes primary IP Message-ID: <47E2765E.7050800@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <47E666CF.2080407@FreeBSD.org> References: <5fbf03c20803200422o1709e6edmaa24c85634a4b403@mail.gmail.com> <47E666CF.2080407@FreeBSD.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Pietro Cerutti wrote: | 2) you remove an alias which the 'delete' argument. Since you don't | specify which alias to be removed, the lowest IP number is removed. In | your case, the lowest IP number happens to be your primary :-) Maybe someone with a doc@ commit bit could commit the following patch, since this behavior is not documented in ifconfig(8). - --- ifconfig.8.orig 2008-03-20 15:34:17.000000000 +0100 +++ ifconfig.8 2008-03-20 15:34:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ ~ .Li 0xffffffff ~ is most appropriate. ~ .It Fl alias - -Remove the network address specified. +Remove the network address specified, or the one with the lowest +value if none is specified. ~ This would be used if you incorrectly specified an alias, or it ~ was no longer needed. ~ If you have incorrectly set an NS address having the side effect - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkfidl0ACgkQwMJqmJVx9456FgCaAlczsQ9UauMWPz690OtFc17H oM4AnjiOmr/jykJciNsC7i8d6Hzbcm8t =DBmc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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