Hum, seems like ELF vs. a.out issue. What version of system
and architecture do you use ? What does 'file /sbin/ifconfig'
say ?

Jaromir


Shiva Shenoy wrote:
> I have made some changes to the /sbin/ifconfig and
> /sbin/route sources and replaced the binaries.
> 
> Now when I reboot, I get these synatx errors at
> startup:
> 
> ifconfig: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> route: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> 
> These seem to be coming from the /etc/rc.d/network
> script. The lines route -n flush and ifconfig lo0...
> seem to trigger this error. 
> 
> I have tried adding fully path names to these lines as
> /sbin/route and /sbin/ifconfig and I get the same
> errors.
> 
> Even DHCP client seems to get the same error:
> ifconfig: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> 
> However if I do a manual "dhclient" after booting up,
> dhclient works fine. route and the ifconfig commands
> work just fine after the bootup.
> 
> Any ideas on what is casuing the "syntax" errors?
> 
> Thanks
> Shiva Shenoy
> 
> 
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