Make sure you have loaded (or compiled) the ip_aliases module into the kernel, or you will never get this alias interface running.
hope this helps. regards, Stoyan > I tried setting up a virtual domain with apache by doing this ... > > ifconfig eth0:0 123.123.123.123 > route add -host 123.123.123.123 dev eth0:0 > > i put this in the S20apache file after the server had started. I got an > SIOCADDR: no such device error? -- Stoyan Kenderov / phone: +49 721 9652 220 NTG Netzwerk und Telematic GmbH \/ fax: +49 721 9652 210 Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3 /\ LINK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany /_______ http://www.xlink.net/~kenderov Opinions stated herein are my own, not necessarily my employer's [finger me for my PGP public key]