On Fr, 2004-09-17 at 02:38, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 01:41:55AM +0200, Gilles wrote: > > Hello. > > Hi Gilles! > > > I use Debian GNU/Linux, and have created a vserver using the > > "newvserver" script. > > > > I can enter the vserver but before the shell prompt is displayed, > > the following message is printed: > > > > ioctl(SIOCGIFNETMASK): Cannot assign requested address > > SIOCSIFNETMASK: Invalid argument > > ipv4root is now 192.168.107.151 > > New security context is 49152 > > > > What do the first two lines mean? > > they mean that the vserver script wasn't able to > assign an alias address to your interface. > > most likely this is because either the address > is already assigned to one of your interfaces > or the system doesn't permit adding the alias.
hmm... we have a SIOCSIFNETMASK here, so I suspect that 'just' the netmask is invalid, otherwise (i.e. if the address is already assigned) the SIOCSIFADDR should also fail, right? HTH Bjoern _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
