Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:22:55 -0700 From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: How to disable at-boot configuration of a network interface but permit manual use of rc.d? Message-ID: <002501c57b45$3d72c9e0$0b2a15ac@SMILEY>
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There are some conditions to the task given by the subject: 1: The interface must be present at boot. 2: Use of /etc/rc.d scripts to start and stop the interface is desirable. The first condition poses no problem, just don't include the relevant ifconfig_ifn line in /etc/rc.conf and the interface won't be configured. But rc.d/dhclient and rc.d/netif won't work without an ifconfig line for the interface. Adding the ifconfig line and then listing every interface but the one I want configured in network_interfaces does prevent it from being configured at boot while having an ifconfig line in rc.conf, but if I try to use rc.d/netif to start the interface, rc.d/netif does nothing because it tests the interface against the contents of network_interfaces and cloned_interfaces, so the interface I left out will be excluded. Have I overlooked an option somewhere?
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