[BusyBox] ifconfig and pointopoint

Michael Smith msmith at cbnco.com
Wed Nov 5 16:54:58 UTC 2003


Hi,

I noticed a problem with ifconfig in busybox 0.60.5. The matching code
seems to exist in busybox CVS as well, so I'll paste in the patch that
fixed it.

I was running:
 # ifconfig wan0 1.2.3.4 pointopoint 1.2.3.5 netmask 255.255.255.255

I was seeing the inet addr and P-t-P addr both being set to 1.2.3.5
(the pointopoint address).

wan0      Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
          inet addr:1.2.3.5  P-t-P:1.2.3.5  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          ...

The patch below seems to fix it.

Mike

--- ifconfig.c  29 Oct 2002 21:25:50 -0000      1.1.1.2
+++ ifconfig.c  5 Nov 2003 16:13:41 -0000       1.2
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 #define ARG_NETMASK      (A_ARG_REQ | A_CAST_HOST_COPY_RESOLVE | A_NETMASK)
 #define ARG_BROADCAST    (A_ARG_REQ | A_CAST_HOST_COPY_RESOLVE | A_SET_AFTER)
 #define ARG_HW           (A_ARG_REQ | A_CAST_HOST_COPY_IN_ETHER)
-#define ARG_POINTOPOINT  (A_CAST_HOST_COPY_RESOLVE | A_SET_AFTER)
+#define ARG_POINTOPOINT  (A_ARG_REQ | A_CAST_HOST_COPY_RESOLVE | A_SET_AFTER)
 #define ARG_KEEPALIVE    (A_ARG_REQ | A_CAST_CHAR_PTR)
 #define ARG_OUTFILL      (A_ARG_REQ | A_CAST_CHAR_PTR)
 #define ARG_HOSTNAME     (A_CAST_HOST_COPY_RESOLVE | A_SET_AFTER | A_COLON_CHK)



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