Robert Sfeir wrote:
> Toyed around with this thing. Forgot the name of the
> gentleman who tried to help. I added the 10.0.0.172:
> cvspserver to the machine and it doesn't work. So
> here are my questions:
> Can this IP be an aliased IP or does it have to be
> bound to another ethernet card?
> If it can be an aliased IP, what operating system
> were you running that allowed you to add the ip:
> server format. No matter what I use it on, it seems
> to lock up CVS or FTP or what ever else I use it on,
> so something is telling me that I'm not supposed
> to be able to do this with my OS.
You need to be more specific and more precise in your
questions, I'm afraid.
It looks like you're editing either /etc/hosts and trying
to put in an IP address for some host name "cvspserver"
(sounds like the wrong thing to do), or edit /etc/services
and put an IP address in there. (Definitely wrong.)
/etc/services contains the _port_ number, not the IP
address.
It's not clear what you are trying to do, but, some IP
basics: Processes do not have IP addresses, the network
interfaces of the hosts the processes run on have IP addresses.
A process may use one (or more) of the network interfaces combined
with a port number and protocol (TCP or UDP typcially) and this
tuple is what is used to address the process for purposes of network
communication. (roughly speaking).
So, maybe if you could be a bit more detailed about what it is
you're trying to accomplish and what precisely you have
tried, and the precise results (messages, etc.) you're getting.
you might get some better help.
It sounds like _maybe_ what you're trying to do is get CVS
to listen for connections coming in on only one network
interface while ignoring another, but that's pure speculation
on my part. (and besides I'm not sure how to do it anyway.)
Normally inetd will listen for connections on all interfaces,
I think.
