Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:48:40 +0200 From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk> To: Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5) Message-ID: <51E68498.8090801@gibfest.dk> In-Reply-To: <1374061293.32153.140661256672461.5D4916ED@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <4c07217dc9200841dfd065a6d52849eb@mx1.enfer-du-nord.net> <20130712.160358.1330135778606339435.hrs@allbsd.org> <14677223DB6D4CD48E880520725B3552@white> <20130717.183628.1254490649724740016.hrs@allbsd.org> <51E67B5B.5020603@gibfest.dk> <1374061293.32153.140661256672461.5D4916ED@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On 17-07-2013 13:41, Mark Felder wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013, at 6:09, Thomas Steen Rasmussen wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Does this work on stable/9 or only on current ? If not, are there >> any plans to MFC ? I ask because I don't see the >> ifconfig_IF_aliases syntax in /etc/defaults/rc.conf on a newly >> built stable/9 box. >> > It's there in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, but maybe not very obvious: > > #ifconfig_lo0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" # Sample > alias entry. > > It is also in the Handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/configtuning-virtual-hosts.html Hello, There is a big difference between ifconfig_IF_aliasN which is v4 only and requires a line for each IP, and must be continous, meaning that _alias1, _alias2, _alias4 wont work - and the new fancy ifconfig_IF_aliases which accepts both address families and also ranges and stuff. I was asking about the new _aliases form. Thanks! /Thomas Steen Rasmussen
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