On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Chris Howells wrote: > I'm trying to work out where interface 'lo' is brought up on potato. > > I've grepped through /etc, but can't see any references to 'ifconfig'.
/etc/init.d/networking uses `ifup -a` to bring up all interfaces. They are defined in /etc/network/interfaces, which (on my system, at least) starts off with # The loopback interface iface lo inet loopback -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+