> It should be possible to do that with ifconfig/route but isn't it
> dangerous as the IP addr 127.0.0.1 might be hard-coded into some
> programs, or even into the kernel as it seems from <linux/in.h> ?
It is indeed hard-coded into some programs. Don't take down your existing
loopback route, just add another:
dwmw2 /root # ifconfig lo:0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0
dwmw2 /root # ping 192.168.0.2
PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.3 ms
You'll need IP aliasing configured into your kernel for this.
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