Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:32:44 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com> To: "Victor A. Sudakov" <victor@vas.tomsk.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "talk" does not work. Please help. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961209122642.1039A-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com> In-Reply-To: <ACdg3ho8C0@vas.tomsk.su>
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> 1. What does this "ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists" message mean? > Is it an error? Not sure. I wouldn't worry about it too much. The "File exists" might seem especially confusing, unless you consider the similarity between sockets and files. *shrug* > 2. How can I assign the 10.0.0.1 alias to lo0 automatically on > startup? I do not like the idea of issuing this command > manually after each reboot. Shall I put it into some kind of > startup file? In /etc/sysconfig there are lines like this: network_interfaces="lo0" ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost" I guess you should add something like this: ifconfig_lo0="inet 10.0.0.1 alias"
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