Package: netbase Version: 1.20-1 I believe this message is headed for the debian-bugs list, but since I'm treading on very thin ice here, I decided to submit it to debian-users first, in case I'm just doing something, or expecting something, wrong.
The problem is that ifconfig doesn't seem to be feeding netstat very much (or the right) information. My /etc/init.d/network file is pretty simple: # Start of network ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 ifconfig eth0 soos netmask 255.255.255.0 # End of network (I would have used the script that came with the base disks, but I could never figure out how to fill in all the variables, given that I use dynamic addressing with my ppp link.) My /etc/hosts file is equally simple: # Start of hosts 127.0.0.1 lo localhost 192.168.0.1 soos # local name of this machine 192.168.0.2 doug # Doug's machine 192.168.0.3 hplj # The HP LaserJet JetDirect interface # 199.0.65.1 tiac-gw 199.0.65.2 zork.tiac.net # mail server; also called zork 199.0.65.8 mvy.tiac.net # also called mvy 199.0.65.9 sundog.tiac.net # news server # # End of hosts. I invoke routed -s in netstd_init. When I look at netstat before invoking pppd, I see only one line, and that line goes to the local network (192.168.0.0). I see nothing for 'localhost', and nothing for 'soos'. Then after I invoke pppd, I see some entries but only one new IP address. I don't know enough to know if this isn't right, but it sure doesn't look like it used to when I was running R5. The script below shows the details: Script started on Wed Oct 25 21:35:27 1995 bash# netstat -nr Kernel routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 3 eth0 bash# pppd bash# netstat -nr Kernel routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 199.0.65.156 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 4 eth0 0.0.0.0 199.0.65.156 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 1 ppp0 Script done on Wed Oct 25 21:36:43 1995 I expected that 'localhost' would have had an entry, that the Gateway fields would have been filled in, and that 'soos' would have had an entry. Is this an incorrect expectation, or is ifconfig/routed/netstat misbehaving? Furthermore, sendmail won't work unless I manually intervene with route add lo. Surely something is amiss. ?, Susan Kleinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] +++-============-=========-====-=============================================== ii dpkg 1.0.5 0 Package maintenance system for Debian GNU/Linux ii base 0.93.6 10 Debian Base System Miscellaneous Files ii source 1.2.13 4 Linux kernel source. +++-============-=========-====-===============================================
