Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:42:20 +0100 From: Philippe Pegon <Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr> To: ohmer@epita.info Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig can't remove aliases Message-ID: <439C1EAC.6090102@crc.u-strasbg.fr> In-Reply-To: <51053.213.41.241.56.1134240324.squirrel@webmail.epita.info> References: <51053.213.41.241.56.1134240324.squirrel@webmail.epita.info>
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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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> options=8<VLAN_MTU>
> 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 <full-duplex>)
> 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
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