From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 22:37:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8156816A418 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:37:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5689713C45D for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:37:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3651216waf.3 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:37:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=2oQrlpaDUeCHpFSEOQ9hcEwiSgQTlFjqeryzVukL3Fw=; b=g4b5J/7pCAzRgmF8iuKeoG6+3dIlzDgaPsNQ3yWP9ZMdxLeS5p9xgH3ktWW0KN7ydH/p4UiGAQWjq1zxgwOiGbiT/BgHWAgG07UgZ/qroeJUSBSjiMGA5PvYUZkDQScdKPVN7YugzvfIlKHLMFFSEufHvQE/ypREzyr2V3ylwmo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=IobDbES5xfaWIuod5FrX6XoN2yEbl2gkuqb2jiVl1BZT3MZely174okoWp9b7t2Hxlmyl5e/Rfvx0+vlGzyQYsY0smuNjVmoyfR5RdeKU+ZetqvmNt7GY9Enjzm0FKj7Bjg45p7APHSsqlEV5Bf3KXsjxAuePk1O+AnF/gz384w= Received: by 10.115.49.16 with SMTP id b16mr2154059wak.65.1203460626473; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:37:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.198.3 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:37:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <340a29540802191437m557b8e02w91fb96b3b4fe7aa8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:37:06 -0700 From: "Andrew Falanga" To: "Dominique Goncalves" In-Reply-To: <7daacbbe0802171214t129d2945l8c035c15c242f95e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200802161041.08346.af300wsm@gmail.com> <7daacbbe0802171214t129d2945l8c035c15c242f95e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:37:07 -0000 On Feb 17, 2008 1:14 PM, Dominique Goncalves wrote: > Hi, > > On Feb 16, 2008 6:41 PM, Andrew Falanga wrote: > > HI, > > > > On my father's computer there isn't an IPv4 loopback address being > assigned to > > the lo0 interface. What would cause this? I've looked at his configs > and > > they're the same as on my system (obviously something is different, but > I > > don't know what). I see in his /etc/defaults/rc.conf the "ifconfig_lo0" > line > > is *NOT* commented out or otherwise altered and his file looks the same > as > > mine (at least on this point, I haven't contrasted the two entirely). > > > > So, why would his system not be configuring an IPv4 loopback address? > After > > bootup, I can add the address manually using ifconfig. > > Do you have > network_interfaces="something" in your /etc/rc.conf ? > If so you need also to add lo0. > > Hope this helps > > His machine does have it in /etc/defaults/rc.conf (I assume this is where it's supposed to be because my /etc/rc.conf file doesn't have it either but I do have it in /etc/defaults/rc.conf), but not in /etc/rc.conf. Basically, his rc.conf files look nearly identical to mine (mine works). I didn't look closely at this /etc/hosts file as the other respondent mentioned but I will. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?