[FC3] Samba and multiple IP addresses on one machine

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 14:23, P Jones wrote:
> Hi All;
> 
> I have two IP addresses on my FC3 machine, 192.168.0.101 on eth0 (a
> physical ethernet card) and 192.168.0.99 on eth0:1 (a virtual device).
> Samba, by default, runs on 192.168.0.99, and I'd like it to run on
> 192.168.0.101 .
> 
> The first question is how do I have Samba server run on 192.168.0.101,
> but the second question is this; why does Samba choose to run on the
> secondary virtual device as opposed to the primary physical device on
> the machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -P

Possibly due to the IP addressing used.  Binds to the first IP address
in that range.  

Curious why you are using two IPs in the same subnet?

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