Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: 1.3.99 breaks loopback device? | Date | Fri, 10 May 1996 10:01:44 +0100 (BST) |
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> bash# /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > bash# /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.1 > SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument > > This sequence of commands, setting up the loopback device in this > fashion has been in my rc scripts for ages.
Its also incorrect.
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0
and since the new kernel adds the device routes automatically you dont need it
Alan
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