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perseus

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Registered: 2007-01-28

Posts: 160

No loopback interface in the default rc.conf + gateway question SOLVED

I finally got around to updating my rc.conf to the current version and two questions occur to me.  I should probably have noticed them before now, but I didn't. My bad.

(1) There is no "lo" in the model interfaces staza.  I have never run a system on which ifconfig did not show a "lo".  Do we omit it now for a reason which it would be helpful for me to understand?

(2) In the model we also have :

gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

Why would one declare default gateway, only to disable it?  Putting it more generally, why declare any route, only to disable it, except perhaps as a temporary measure?

TIA

Last edited by perseus (2010-04-25 15:39:47)

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: No loopback interface in the default rc.conf + gateway question SOLVED

1) loopback is started during boot, within rc.sysinit.

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: No loopback interface in the default rc.conf + gateway question SOLVED

lo is brought up in /etc/rc.sysinit.

This gateway stuff is there to show the syntax.

perseus

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Registered: 2007-01-28

Posts: 160

Re: No loopback interface in the default rc.conf + gateway question SOLVED

Many thanks.

Two answers within 5 minutes of posting. I love Arch.

Have you noticed how googling almost linux problem (not distro-specific), will have first page answers to be found in these forums?