Re: Forewarned is forearmed
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:43:46 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a heads up, in case your Wheezy machine acts like my Wheezy
> machine...
>
> My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This
> means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I
> always forget this.
>
> So if you're getting all sorts of wierd errors after reboot, I suggest
> you do a /sbin/ifconfig, and if lo or eth0 aren't running, I suggest
> you do as root:
>
> ifdown eth0
> ifdown lo
> ifup lo
> ifup eth0
>
> Note that the ifup eth0 will error out if the ifdown didn't take down
> a running eth0, and that's not a problem: Ignore the error.
>
> If another ifconfig reveals a running and connected eth0 and lo, then
> try everything again, and you might be pleasantly surprised.
>
>
That does appear to be a genuine, gold-plated bug. I have a wheezy
server which gets booted every couple of months, and has various
services which connect via lo e.g. POP3 download to SMTP. I've
never seen an lo problem. I don't believe it has any fancy network
management.
--
Joe
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