[wplug] IP-address in loopback disappears

[Vanco, Don]

> ups... Red Hat 9.0
> 
> i am not aware that i am running dchpcd or dump...

pump was deprecated by RH9

Try looking at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo and you should see
something like:
(from Fedora Core)
[root at localhost root]# less /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback

...note the comment on gated running....

Further, it would behoove you to have a clear understanding of what services
you have running.  
If your system boots to the GUI run:
chkconfig --list | grep 5:on

If your system boots to the command prompt run:
chkconfig --list | grep 3:on


.....and kill (or better yet uninstall) all unneeded services
man chkconfig
man service
man rpm

Good luck -
Don