Can't delete IPV6 addresses with ifconfig

[Bjoern A. Zeeb]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Daniel O'Connor wrote:

Hi,

> I am experimenting with IPv6 and I can't seem to remove an IPv6 address
> from an interface, eg I have..
>
> But I can't remove it, viz..
> [midget 22:11] ~ >sudo ifconfig fxp0 -alias 2002:792d:8527::1:1/64
> ifconfig: 2002:792d:8527::1:1/64: bad value
> [midget 22:27] ~ >sudo ifconfig fxp0 delete 2002:792d:8527::1:1/64
> ifconfig: 2002:792d:8527::1:1/64: bad value
> [midget 22:27] ~ >sudo ifconfig fxp0 delete 2002:792d:8527::1:1
> ifconfig: 2002:792d:8527::1:1: bad value
> [midget 22:27] ~ >sudo ifconfig fxp0 delete 2002:792d:8527::1:1
> prefixlen 64
> ifconfig: 2002:792d:8527::1:1: bad value
> [midget 22:27] ~ >sudo ifconfig fxp0 delete 2002:792d:8527::/64
> ifconfig: 2002:792d:8527::/64: bad value
>
> Anyone know the right way to do this? :)

yes, man ifocnfig says

   ifconfig [-L] [-k] [-m] interface [create] [address_family] [address
        [dest_address]] [parameters]

The following parameters may be set with ifconfig:

   -alias  Remove the network address specified.  This would be used if you
           ...


Conclusion: -alias is a "parameter" and belongs to the end after
the address.

The it works for IPv4 is "pure luck".


/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                 bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
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