Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:56 GMT From: Anatoly Borodin <anatoly.borodin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/123633: ifconfig doesn't set inet and ether address in one command Message-ID: <200805131706.m4DH6uob045391@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200805131710.m4DHA1Yw023412@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 123633 >Category: bin >Synopsis: ifconfig doesn't set inet and ether address in one command >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 13 17:10:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Anatoly Borodin >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD fractal.home 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Sun May 11 15:10:16 EEST 2008 anatoly.borodin@gmail.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: # ifconfig nfe0 inet 10.40.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether 00:1B:11:75:FA:11 ifconfig: ether: bad value but AFAIR such a command was an equivalent to # ifconfig nfe0 inet 10.40.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0; ifconfig nfe0 ether 00:1B:11:75:FA:11 which works just fine. The old style call was useful in rc.conf to set the IP and MAC simultaneously. Is the current behavior a bug or a new functionality? How to use it in rc.conf then? >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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