From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 13 13:00:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA10108 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 13:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jocki.domestic.de (kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de [194.233.216.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA10093 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 13:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joki@localhost) by jocki.domestic.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA03149; Tue, 13 May 1997 22:00:07 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.0 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 20:42:36 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart To: Cliff Addy Subject: RE: undoing an ip alias Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi. 'Course there is. Do ifconfig ed0 123.456.789.1 delete will remove the specified address from the specified interface. c u Jo On 13-May-97 at 16:39:10 Cliff Addy wrote: >We're migrating many virtual webite domains from one physical server to >another. As far as I know, the only way to make the old server stop >listening to the ip addresses is to reboot it. However, as you can >imagine, these multiple reboots (and subsequent down time) aren't >desireable. > >Is there a way to "undo" an ip alias, i.e. tell the system "Stop >responding to this ip address you have as an alias"? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For a world of pedigree OSs FreeBSD - top breeders recommend it Joachim Kuebart Tel: +49 711 653706 Germany