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 beginning with an interface pattern followed
by a protocol/address family and a set of parameters passed to /etc/ifconfig
or the command line to execute. 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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