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To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: loopback and multicast messed up on /etc/sysconfig ?
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> <<On Wed, 13 Dec 1995 00:15:24 -0600 (CST), Raul Zighelboim <mango@communique.net> 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

Thanks Garrett.  This helps me alot.  I've always thought this was wrong
but didn't fully understand what was going on so I wasn't sure.  It also
explains why the system hangs (waits for timeout) when you enable NIS and 
try to boot.  

I've always just hacked the IP # into those lines in sysconfig but wondered
if I was incorrect in doing so.

What is the `route_loopback' trying to do anyhow?


Derek Laufenberg
laufen@sol.med.ge.com