Steve Pribyl wrote:
This is still a mystery to me. They are different files.Is this some side affect from the /etc/security script? That is the only place I can find that has copies.Has anyone else noted this? Do many folk run multiple nics?
I've got about three netbsd-4 boxes all with multiple NICs, /etc/ifconfig.* files and running /etc/security nightly. I can't say I've ever experienced what your describing here.
I can't think of anything that would *overwrite* the contents of the existing ifconfig.* files.
adrian.