Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:43:31 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Loopback problem Message-ID: <A5A58960103487150DDE62BA@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>
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I have two machines (that I know of) that have the same problem. The loopback interface has no ipv4 address, and it doesn't start up on boot. If I bring the interface up (ifconfig lo0 up),. it has no ipv4 address. If I bring it up this way - ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1, then I have an ipv4 address and everything works fine. On box is 5.4 SECURITY. The other is 6.0 SECURITY. Both boxes have ifconfig="lo0 inet 127.0.0.1" in the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file. Both boxes boot fine and work fine, except for this one problem, which has manifested odd symptoms from time to time but never merited investigation (until now.) Since I did the installs on both boxes, I've obviously missed something during the install (or chosen the wrong option). Does anyone have a clue what it might be? Or how I might fix this problem so the boxes will bring up lo0 at boot? Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/
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