Or something like this: ifconfig lo up 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo To tear down: route del -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 ifconfig lo down On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 04:41:04PM -0500, Munir Nassar wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Erik Anderson wrote: > > > Hello all - I'm working on a customized linux distro, which will be run > > in a non-networked environment...but I have a few programs that need the > > loopback interface. How do I go about adding it? I'm running a > > customized version of redhat 7.3 if that matters... > > does /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo exist? > > if it does then a simple ifup lo as root should do the trick i would > think. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list