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From: Michael Cummings <mcummings@g.o>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Managing IP aliases
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:14:40
Message-Id: 20050709151121.GF21671@gnosis.datanode.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Managing IP aliases by "A. Khattri"
1 (Completely untested, unconfirmed, and otherwise unsubstantiated) - Have you
2 tried putting your list into an external file and just having the variable in
3 conf.d/net cat it? I would *think* that would work since ultimately these are
4 just fragments of bash scripts after all.
5
6
7 On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 04:08:32PM -0400, A. Khattri wrote:
8 >
9 > Maybe this has been answered a long time ago.
10 >
11 > Im running a Gentoo-based shared web server. Potentially there might be
12 > 200 IP aliases on this one machine. Im wondering how to manage these
13 > aliases in /etc/conf.d/net. Right now, I have a huge alias_eth0="" line
14 > containing all of the IP aliases - anybody recommend a better approach ?
15 >
16 > Some recent changes to sysvinit and baselayout have put new config files
17 > in /etc/conf.d/ including a net.example file that shows an IPv4 example
18 > where each IP is on a single line. Anyone here switched to the "new" net
19 > file yet ? Any thoughts about ifconfig vs. iproute2 ? Should I switch?
20 >
21 >
22 > --
23 > Aj.
24 > --
25 > gentoo-server@g.o mailing list
26 >
27 >

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Re: [gentoo-server] Managing IP aliases Jeff Rooney <jtrooney@×××××××××.net>