From: Enrico Scholz Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:13:15 +0000 (+0000) Subject: added some comments for interfaces/../{name,nodev} X-Git-Tag: IPSENTINEL_VERSION_0_12~281 X-Git-Url: http://git.linux-vserver.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=903fb4181363341e369aeed6fd9d019bf0d8957b;p=util-vserver.git added some comments for interfaces/../{name,nodev} git-svn-id: http://svn.linux-vserver.org/svn/util-vserver/trunk@1711 94cd875c-1c1d-0410-91d2-eb244daf1a30 --- diff --git a/util-vserver/doc/configuration.xml b/util-vserver/doc/configuration.xml index 7e6b8dc..e5c9f5b 100644 --- a/util-vserver/doc/configuration.xml +++ b/util-vserver/doc/configuration.xml @@ -825,12 +825,19 @@ - When this file exists, the interface will be named with the text in this file. + When this file exists, the interface will be named + with the text in this file. Without such an entry, + the IP will not be shown by 'ifconfig' but by 'ip + addr ls' only. Such a labeled interface is known + as an "alias" also (e.g. 'eth0:foo'). - When this file exists, the interface will be assumed to exist already. + When this file exists, the interface will be + assumed to exist already. This can be used to + assign primary interfaces which are created by + the host or another vserver.