I have two machines (that I know of) that have the same problem. The
loopback interface has no ipv4 address, and it doesn't start up on boot.
If I bring the interface up (ifconfig lo0 up),. it has no ipv4 address. If
I bring it up this way - ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1, then I have an ipv4
address and everything works fine.
On box is 5.4 SECURITY. The other is 6.0 SECURITY. Both boxes have
ifconfig="lo0 inet 127.0.0.1" in the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file. Both
boxes boot fine and work fine, except for this one problem, which has
manifested odd symptoms from time to time but never merited investigation
(until now.)
Since I did the installs on both boxes, I've obviously missed something
during the install (or chosen the wrong option). Does anyone have a clue
what it might be? Or how I might fix this problem so the boxes will bring
up lo0 at boot?
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/
