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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:20:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: John McNamee <jpm@microwiz.com>
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Subject: Re: "File exists" error when adding route for local machine
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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