eth0:3 keeps showing up.

[Ezra Taylor]

To remove an interface, execute ifconfig <device> down.  Make sure your not
bring ing up the virtual/alias interface in some startup script.  Look
through your ifcfg-eth* files and make sure eth0:3 is not in there.

Ezra

On 6/1/07, Dave Martini 1 <martini1 at llnl.gov> wrote:
>
> I have RHEL4 and should there always be an associated ifcfg-eth file in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts for each device that
> shows up when doing an ifconfig -a.
> When I do ifconfig -a I see eth0:1 and eth0:3 but I don't have an
> associated eth0:3 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
> Does anyone know where it might be getting the eth0:3 from?
> I have these machines  on a private as well as public network could it
> be getting the eth0:3 from one of the other hosts
> on the private because the IP associated with eth0:3 belongs to one of
> my other servers on the private.
>
> What's the proper command to delete eth0:3 for good?
>
> /etc/sysconfig]#cd network-scripts/
> [root at ct /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]#ls
> ifcfg-eth0    ifcfg-eth3      ifdown-ippp   ifdown-post  ifup
> ifup-ipsec  ifup-plip   ifup-routes    init.ipv6-global
> ifcfg-eth0:1  ifcfg-lo        ifdown-ipsec  ifdown-ppp   ifup-aliases
> ifup-ipv6   ifup-plusb  ifup-sit       network-functions
> ifcfg-eth1    ifdown          ifdown-ipv6   ifdown-sit   ifup-ib
> ifup-ipx    ifup-post   ifup-sl        network-functions-ipv6
> ifcfg-eth2    ifdown-aliases  ifdown-isdn   ifdown-sl    ifup-ippp
> ifup-isdn   ifup-ppp    ifup-wireless  orig.ifcfg-eth3.02apr07
>
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Ezra Taylor