From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 13 18:04:25 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA21642 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:04:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from tetsuo.communique.net (Tetsuo.Communique.Net [204.27.64.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA21620 Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:04:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from tetsuo.communique.net (Tetsuo.Communique.Net [204.27.64.10]) by tetsuo.communique.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA50963; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 20:03:40 -0600 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 20:03:39 -0600 (CST) From: Raul Zighelboim To: "Garrett A. Wollman" cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: loopback and multicast messed up on /etc/sysconfig ? In-Reply-To: <9512131521.AA09355@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Why then this two lines are on the default /etc/sysconfig from 2.0.5 then. Someone forgot to remove them on distribution, or there was some change fro version 2.1.0 ? On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Garrett A. Wollman wrote: > < said: > > > The problem is in: > > # route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface ${hostname}" > > # route_loopback="${hostname} localhost" > > > If I uncomment this line in sysconfig, the system will not boot. > > This line is broken. It /never/ correct to refer to hosts by this > early in the configuration process, and more importantly, host names > DO NOT NAME INTERFACES. > > The correct way to set this up is as follows: > > route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface IP.OF.DESIRED.IFACE" > > Furthermore, the `route_loopback' bit is completely bogus, and should > not be present at all. > > -GAWollman > > -- > Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... > wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. > Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people > MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raul Zighelboim e-mail: mango@communique.net Communique Inc. Tel: 504.527.6200 Technical Specialist Fax: 504.527.6030