-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > > > This is the "local" interface. It's always there. It doesn't correspond > > to any hardware. For our quest, you can safely ignore that. > > Nothing to do with the OP's issue but people might be interested in > knowing that this stanza is not a requirement for inclusion in the > interfaces file. If it is left out you still get a loopback interface. > > >From the changelog: > > * Add implicit loopback device definition. > > -- Andrew Shadura <andre...@debian.org> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:44:23 +0200
To add some context, this is from ifupdown's (0.7.41) changelog, right? regards - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlgPNZsACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYzUgCfXNbc7vRH3WPYxhInHCg6KxTd jycAnjjN7gjozG4/pjAqJ3DFTfEcMfRI =rxp6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
