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> > 2) "ifconfig down" (net-tools 1.50) on an aliased interface also brings
> > the parent interface down. Ouch.
>
> Please, explain. Only :-less down downs the interface. I cannot reproduce
> the phenomenon. You sample with lo:1 does not down lo, certainly.
> Well, I am puzzled... Is it possible, that nettools-1.50 strips suffix :1
> itself???
It does not. I just checked with lo:1 and eth0:1, and downing : doesn't
affect non-:.
i586 UP, linux-2.2.2-ac3, glibc-2.1, net-tools-1.50
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