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| author |   Bernd Eckenfels <net-tools@lina.inka.de> | 2003-02-08 22:49:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Bernd Eckenfels <net-tools@lina.inka.de> | 2003-02-08 22:49:12 +0000 |
| commit | 651bf1946dfe78ce1ab8a043f06a26b9ebed2718 (patch) | |
| tree | 0621739440a15fc79c954842686f93d5996c7088 /man | |
| parent | fixed an logic error in the "not found" handling for deleting entries (diff) | |
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add a comment about alias interfaces and primary interface of scopes
(intended to fix Debian wishlist bug #179780 and normal bug #64458)
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/en_US/ifconfig.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 b/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 index b9eb0a7..619ed09 100644 --- a/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 +++ b/man/en_US/ifconfig.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH IFCONFIG 8 "2002-07-04" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH IFCONFIG 8 "2003-02-08" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME ifconfig \- configure a network interface .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ be more verbose for some error conditions The name of the interface. This is usually a driver name followed by a unit number, for example .B eth0 -for the first Ethernet interface. +for the first Ethernet interface. If your kernel supports alias interfaces, +you can specify them with +.B eth0:0 +for the first alias of eth0. You can use them to assign a second address. To +delete an alias interface use +.B ifconfig eth0:0 down +. Note: for every scope (i.e. same net with address/netmask combination) all +aliases are deleted, if you delete the first (primary). .TP .B up This flag causes the interface to be activated. It is implicitly |