thank you this was very helpful. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Orion Poplawski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/28/2014 01:49 PM, Andrew Z wrote: > >> I havent figured out how to manage those files.. >> The original script creates dozens of aliases - one per destination, by >> replacing first Xxx with 127. This makes it intuitive where alias >> "points" to. >> Now with each file having the same name (lo:<port>) imnot sure how to >> manage >> these aliases. >> >> I want to add, that I suspect that im missing something obvious and/or >> just >> dont understand how network stack works now. >> Any help is very much appreciated, since all my information is from rhel >> one >> page guide , some blog and just trying to get aliases to work. >> >> > Manually you could do: > > ip addr add 127.112.113.xxx dev lo > > > On Jul 28, 2014 10:40 AM, "Orion Poplawski" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 07/28/2014 08:08 AM, Andrew Z wrote: >> >> I have an apple os script, that creates an lo alias ( for example >> 127.112.113) >> and then ssh -p xxxx 127.112.113 <rest of the command> >> >> To begin with ifconfig doesn't work on creating aliases and >> according >> to rhel >> docs I need to copy ethXxx files if I want to create these >> aliases. >> Is there a better way, than to copy files, to achieve the same? >> >> >> What's the concern with making a new ifcfg-* file to create the alias? >> >> -- >> Orion Poplawski >> Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 <tel:303-415-9701%20x222> >> NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 <tel: >> 303-415-9702> >> 3380 Mitchell Lane [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com >> >> > > -- > Orion Poplawski > Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 > NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 > 3380 Mitchell Lane [email protected] > Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com >
