From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 17:10:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3C91106564A for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 903C28FC1D for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4DHA1pk023413 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m4DHA1Yw023412; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200805131710.m4DHA1Yw023412@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Anatoly Borodin Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC191106564A for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AAA48FC16 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4DH6uvr045394 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m4DH6uob045391; Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200805131706.m4DH6uob045391@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:56 GMT From: Anatoly Borodin To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/123633: ifconfig doesn't set inet and ether address in one command X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:01 -0000 >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: