On Friday 30 May 2003 03:46, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 10:30, MKlinke wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 May 2003 11:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > How can we detect ip conflict in linux machine (immediately) as > > > in windows? > > > > > > Nabin Limbu > > > > As an addendum, ifup will also indicate a dupicate. > > > > test ... > > -------- > > ifdown > > edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX to duplicate IP > > ifup > > > > Error, some other host already uses address <xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx> > > -------- > > > > Regards, Mike Klinke > > This was not default behavior for a long time. What version did this > get added, anyone know? > > Bret
Yeah, I was kind of surpised too. I'm running RH7.3 here but haven't poked around the source code for any history yet. From everything I've read as of late 2000 the common wisdom was that this was still a behavior desperately needed. Regards, Mike Klinke Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
