Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:20:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: John McNamee <jpm@microwiz.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "File exists" error when adding route for local machine Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960417101734.5027A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604171425.HAA00242@smoke.microwiz.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, John McNamee wrote: > I get the error message "Writing to routing socket: File exists" every time > my system boots. This has been happening ever since I installed 2.1R, so it > isn't anything I've broken by hacking since then. The error is in response to > the command "route add smoke.microwiz.com localhost" generated in > /etc/netstart. smoke.microwiz.com is the official name of my machine (it is > what hostname is set to in /etc/sysconfig, and is what a reverse DNS lookup > on my IP address would produce). That error, from what I can tell, just means the route already exists. Take a look in your static routes section of /etc/sysconfig; there is a route made for the loopback interface. I don't think there is any problem there, if the error really annoys you try removing that route. (I have a feeling I'll be shot down over that one) An ifconfig line may be configuring that for you (possibly an ifconfig for lo0). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.960417101734.5027A-100000>