1.\" $NetBSD: ifaliases.5,v 1.3 1997/10/10 05:40:00 mrg Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 15.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 19.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 20.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 21.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 22.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 23.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED 24.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 25.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 26.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.Dd December 30, 1996 30.Dt IFALIASES 5 31.Os NetBSD 1.3 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm ifaliases 34.Nd interface aliases file 35.Sh DESCRIPTION 36The 37.Nm 38file specifies the addition addresses (aliases) that each interface will 39have, including the netmask. 40.Nm 41is processed by 42.Pa /etc/netstart 43at system boot time. 44.Pp 45Each line of the file is of the form 46.Pp 47.Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact 48address interface netmask 49.Ed 50.Pp 51The 52.Em address 53is a network address of the alias. This must be a number or be in 54/etc/hosts, as the nameserver is not running at this point. 55.Pp 56The 57.Em interface 58is the network interface the alias will be configured on. 59.Pp 60The 61.Em netmask 62is the netmask of the aliases network address. 63.Sh FILES 64.Pa /etc/netstart 65.Pa /etc/ifaliases 66.Sh HISTORY 67The 68.Nm 69file appeared in 70.Nx 1.2 . 71