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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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