Like someone already noted, it is supposed to be dotted !DECIMAL!
notation.

John Summerfield wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Because a leading zero in the unix/linux world (and much of the mini/
> > micro universe) means an octal number and 035 becomes 3 times 8 plus 5
> > which equals 29....
>
> Betcha the relevant RFC doesn't contemplate the ifconfig interpretation!
>
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