Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 20:03:39 -0600 (CST) From: Raul Zighelboim <mango@communique.net> To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: loopback and multicast messed up on /etc/sysconfig ? Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.951213200239.67529S-100000@tetsuo.communique.net> In-Reply-To: <9512131521.AA09355@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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Why then this two lines are on the default /etc/sysconfig from 2.0.5 then.
Someone forgot to remove them on distribution, or there was some change fro
version 2.1.0 ?
On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Garrett A. Wollman wrote:
> <<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
>
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