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To: Kory Hamzeh <kory@avatar.com>
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Subject: Re: ifconfig with aliases address complains
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On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Kory Hamzeh wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running 2.2.2-RELASE, and my /etc/rc.conf looks like this:
> 
> network_interfaces="de0 lo0"	# List of network interfaces (lo0 is loopback).
> ifconfig_de0="inet 199.33.206.1  netmask 255.255.255.192"
> ifconfig_de0_alias0="inet 199.33.206.10  netmask 255.255.255.192"

  Use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for aliases, when you want overlapping
subnets.

> ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"	# default loopback device configuration.
> 
> I get the following message during boot up when rc.network is doing the 
> ifconfig commands:
> 
> 	ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> 
> However, everything seems to be OK and the alias address is created for 
> de0. Why is it complaining and what could I have done to cause this?
> 
> On another note, I did install kerberos, but have can I get the utilities 
> not to use it? I plan to enable it later on when I've got the system 
> stable. I checked all of the kerberos man pages.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kory
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Tom