On 10/28/2018 5:56 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2018-10-28 at 12:23, Reco wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 12:04:54PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [that in a previous message, Reco wrote:] > >>>> interfaces(5), the usual place. >>> >>> I just checked that man page on wheezy, jessie and stretch, and no >>> examples are found using "netmask 24" >> >> You asked for 'format', not 'example'. >> The 'format' is defined at netmask under INET ADDRESS FAMILY. > > In interfaces(5), you mean? > > The definition for netmask I find in that section is > netmask mask > Netmask (dotted quad or CIDR) > > which at a glance would lead me to expect a full CIDR-format address > (e.g., 192.168.1.1/24) here. That would clearly seem redundant with the
TL-DR. Don't you mean '192.168.1.0/24'? -- John Doe