Package: net-tools Version: 1.60-22 Severity: normal
I was checking my default route in a Debian virtual machine and it was set wrong. I went to change it. Here is my terminal session er...@wtorrent-debian:~$sudo route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.12.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.71 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 er...@wtorrent-debian:~$ sudo route del default er...@wtorrent-debian:~$ sudo route add defaul gw 192.168.12.70 er...@wtorrent-debian:~$ sudo route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 208.68.139.38 192.168.12.70 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 eth1 192.168.12.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 er...@wtorrent-debian:~$ route --version -bash: route: command not found er...@wtorrent-debian:~$ /sbin/route --version net-tools 1.60 route 1.98 (2001-04-15) +NEW_ADDRT +RTF_IRTT +RTF_REJECT +I18N AF: (inet) +UNIX +INET +INET6 +IPX +AX25 +NETROM +X25 +ATALK +ECONET +ROSE HW: +ETHER +ARC +SLIP +PPP +TUNNEL +TR +AX25 +NETROM +X25 +FR +ROSE +ASH +SIT +FDDI +HIPPI +HDLC/LAPB +EUI64 er...@wtorrent-debian:~$ As you can see the command containing the typo 'route add defaul gw 192.168.12.70' adds an unintended route 208.68.139.38. This is very strange behavior and I believe it to be unintended. This probably will not result in any major problems for most people, but could cause a severe headache for a systems administrator who is attempting to track down routing problems and makes one unfortunate typo. Eric Urban -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages net-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries net-tools recommends no packages. net-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
