on Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I am running woody. On boot up, ifconfig does not show the lo interface.
> Only the tap0 interface is up. why is this so ? I thought having lo was
> essential to quite a few programs.
> 
> How do I start it up by default at boot up ?

In /etc/network/interfaces:

    # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

    # The loopback interface
    # automatically added when upgrading
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback 
            address 127.0.0.1
            netmask 255.0.0.0
            network 127.0.0.0
            broadcast 127.0.0.255
            gateway 127.0.0.1

...if you have the ifupdown package installed, that should have been
configured for you.

...then /etc/init.d/networking will bring this up for you automatically.

Peace.

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