-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Pietro Cerutti wrote:
| 2) you remove an alias which the 'delete' argument. Since you don't | specify which alias to be removed, the lowest IP number is removed. In | your case, the lowest IP number happens to be your primary :-) Maybe someone with a doc@ commit bit could commit the following patch, since this behavior is not documented in ifconfig(8). - --- ifconfig.8.orig 2008-03-20 15:34:17.000000000 +0100 +++ ifconfig.8 2008-03-20 15:34:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ ~ .Li 0xffffffff ~ is most appropriate. ~ .It Fl alias - -Remove the network address specified. +Remove the network address specified, or the one with the lowest +value if none is specified. ~ This would be used if you incorrectly specified an alias, or it ~ was no longer needed. ~ If you have incorrectly set an NS address having the side effect - -- Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkfidl0ACgkQwMJqmJVx9456FgCaAlczsQ9UauMWPz690OtFc17H oM4AnjiOmr/jykJciNsC7i8d6Hzbcm8t =DBmc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"