NAME

setifaddr − set network interface address

SYOPNSIS

/etc/setifaddr interface address

DESCRIPTION

Setifaddr assigns a network address to a network interface.  It must be used at boot time to define the network address of each interface present on a machine.  It may also be used at a later time to redefine an interface’s address.  The interface parameter is a string of the form “name unit”, e.g. “en0”, while the address is either a host name present in the host name data base, hosts(5), or a DARPA Internet address expressed in the Internet standard “dot notation”.

DIAGNOSTICS

Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the requested address is unknown. 

SEE ALSO

rc(8), if(4N)

Sun System Release 1.0  —  28 June 1983