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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>
>> 
>> I've posted details to the FreeBSD -stable and -current mailing list, but 
>> the simple summary is that 'ifconfig <dev> -alias' with no ip specific'd 
>> literally erases all IPs on that device, leaving the server running 
>> 'un-networked' ... :(
>> 
> Good lord.

Ya well, its not something I'm particularly proud about ...

Stupid question for someone running Linux ... is this standard behaviour 
that I've been lucky never to hit before, or is this something that Linux 
deals with slightly more intelligently?

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