IFTAB
Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: September 9, 1994
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NAME
iftab - network interface configuration file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/ftab
DESCRIPTION
/etc/rc.net
reads
/etc/iftab
to determine what configuration
commands are to be applied to the machine's network interfaces.
Each line in
/etc/iftab
is a rule that begins with an interface pattern, followed
by a protocol/address family and then by a set of parameters passed either to /etc/ifconfig,
or to the command line for execution. Each interface present on the machine
will be matched against the interface patterns in this file and
the first one found for each unique protocol/address familiy will
be executed.
The interface name can use asterisks (*) to match any
substring. The protocol/address family can be any string.
The rest of the line will be passed to /etc/ifconfig unless it is
preceeded by an exclamation point (!). An excalmation point indicates that
the rest of line will be executed as a command, and the variable $if
refers to the interface name to be configured.
An interface name of ``-1-'' will match the primary
interface.
An argument string of ``-HOSTCONFIG-'' will redirect
/etc/rc.net
to get the network configuration from the /etc/hostconfig file.
To disable an interface, enter a line with the name of the
interface and an action of ``!false'' (or any command that is a no-op).
SEE ALSO
hostconfig(8), ifconfig(8C), rc(8)
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