On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:11:49PM +1000, Fernando Serto wrote: > > > if I use the "ping -I 192.168.10.111 192.168.10.142" > > > from the vserver, I can ping my desktop, but, without > > > the -I (still from the vserver) I can't. > > > > ahh, now you are talking facts ... > > These were the facts for me, since the beginning... As I needed this box to > be running today, I pulled out the harddisk and installed slackware 9 from > scratch, patched the kernel, compiled, configured lvm, run "vserver cartman > build", changed cartman.conf file, changed /usr/sbin/vserver (to start with > rc.M and stop with rc.0), and ZAZ! I have it running, with no dramas! I can > ping everything, inside and outside... you know... everyone says that linux > distro is like religion, but... as I'm "talking facts", redhat sux! It's > almost a windows! things happen and no one can explain why... maybe these > pre-built stuffs are the real problem. I just needed one reason to change > all the redhat servers from the company to a decent linux distro (I really > consider slackware a decent one), and I got it! it doesn't even run a > software which is designed for it... :o) > > > please provide the first five lines of ping 192.168.10.142 > > on both machines (within the vserver) as well as the > > output of ping -V > > I'll plug that redhat hd on another box at the end of the day, just to try > to fix that problem... maybe there are other users waiting for this solution > (and I think there are!).
just observe the 'from' in the first respond of the ping command, I assume that the slackware 'ping' automagically gets the source address right, where the redhat tool just uses the first interface ... if my assumptions are correct, and this is true, I guess it all boils down to religion again ... best, Herbert
