On Wed 18 May 2016 at 17:39:45 (+0100), Brian wrote:
> On Wed 18 May 2016 at 10:44:40 -0500, David Wright wrote:
>
> > On Wed 18 May 2016 at 10:56:01 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > >
> > > auto lo eth0 eth1
> >
> > Agree with Lisi, I've never seen this (though I'm not claiming it's
> > either wrong or harmful).
>
> It's an ok line. From interfaces(5):
>
> Lines beginning with the word "auto" are used to identify the physical
> interfaces to be brought up when . . . .
> ^
> |
> ^
> |
> Plural
Sorry, that wasn't my point. Here's the context again:
On Wed 18 May 2016 at 10:56:01 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]
> Now, for those complaining about my lack of posting the complete
> interfaces file, here it is:
> --------------------------------------------
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your
> system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> auto lo eth0 eth1
>
> # The loopback network interface
> iface lo inet loopback
> address 127.0.0.1
> netmask 255.0.0.0
Agree with Lisi, I've never seen this (though I'm not claiming it's
either wrong or harmful).
To elaborate, interfaces(5) says:
The loopback Method
This method may be used to define the IPv4 loopback interface.
Options
(No options)
So these options:
> address 127.0.0.1
> netmask 255.0.0.0
may or may not cause trouble.
Cheers,
David.
