Re: ifconfig bug removes aliases

[Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>]

        Hello,

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Aron Griffis wrote:

> Hello, here is the sequence:
>
>     ifconfig eth0:1 10.10.10.1 netmask 255.255.0.0
>     ifconfig eth0:2 10.10.10.2 netmask 255.255.0.0
>     ifconfig eth0:1 down
>
> At this point eth0:2 has disappeared also.  It appears that the aliases
> must be on the same subnet for this to occur, and the creation order is
> also important.

        From inet_del_ifa:

/* 1. Deleting primary ifaddr forces deletion all secondaries */

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>