NAME
ifaliases —
interface aliases
file
DESCRIPTION
The
ifaliases file specifies the additional addresses
(aliases) that each interface has.
ifaliases is processed by
/etc/rc.d/network at system boot time.
Each line of the file is of the form:
address interface [netmask]
The
address is a network address of the alias. This must be a
number, or must be in
/etc/hosts, since the nameserver is
not running at this point.
The
interface is the network interface the alias will be
configured on.
The
netmask is the netmask of the alias' network address.
Although this is optional, omitting the netmask is discouraged. Omission
results in the use of the classful netmask associated with
address.
FILES
/etc/ifaliases,
/etc/rc.d/network
HISTORY
The
ifaliases file appeared in
NetBSD
1.2.
BUGS
ifaliases assumes IPv4, and does not support other protocol
families. Please check
rc.conf(5) for alternatives
like
/etc/ifconfig.xxN.