From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 11 12:43:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C5716A41F for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:43:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr) Received: from mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.200.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3A243D58 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:43:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr) Received: from baal.u-strasbg.fr (baal.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402::41]) by mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.3/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id jBBCh33A096691 ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:43:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (crc.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402:1001::1]) by baal.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.4/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id jBBCh3PN030874 ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:43:03 +0100 Message-ID: <439C1EAC.6090102@crc.u-strasbg.fr> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:42:20 +0100 From: Philippe Pegon User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051016) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ohmer@epita.info References: <51053.213.41.241.56.1134240324.squirrel@webmail.epita.info> In-Reply-To: <51053.213.41.241.56.1134240324.squirrel@webmail.epita.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1207/Fri Dec 9 23:01:12 2005 on mr3.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1207/Fri Dec 9 23:01:12 2005 on baal.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402::153]); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:43:04 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,NO_RELAYS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on mr3.u-strasbg.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig can't remove aliases X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:43:07 -0000 oHmEr wrote: > hello, > > i have a problem with ifconfig: it refuses to delete an ipv6 alias for an > incomprehensible reason. here's what i'm doing : > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD homer.cload.net 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #4: Sun Nov 27 > 19:01:40 CET 2005 root@homer.cload.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HOMER > i386 > $ ifconfig dc0 > dc0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet6 fe80::248:54ff:fe12:76fb%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 prefixlen 64 > inet 192.168.2.253 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > inet6 2001:7a8:b138:caca:caca:caca:caca:1 prefixlen 64 > inet6 2001:7a8:b138::caca:1 prefixlen 48 > ether 00:48:54:12:76:fb > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 -alias 2001:7a8:b138::1 > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address > > other ipv6 addresses can't be removed too. is it a bug ? what can cause > this error ? try : $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 delete or $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 -alias in ifconfig(8) : SYNOPSIS ifconfig [-L] [-k] [-m] interface [create] [address_family] [address [dest_address]] [parameters] parameters is in the end (like delete or -alias) -- Philippe Pegon