Re: Probable bug in handling disabled network interfaces (2.2.12)

Mr. James W. Laferriere (babydr@baby-dragons.com)
Sat, 18 Sep 1999 12:17:06 -0700 (PDT)


hello Alexey,

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> Hello!
> > Then How ?
> It means that you should disable IP on this iface by deleting its addresses.
> This task may be done with "ip addr del dev eth0" or "ip addr flush dev eth0"
OK, this is acceptable , ie: there is a tool that can remove
the interface from the active interfaces list .

> ifcÏnfig also can make this but in pretty tricky way:
>
> ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
> ifconfig eth0:Órap 10.10.10.10
^ ????
What ascii character is this ? ;-)

> ifconfig eth0:Órap down
> It is ugly, but it works.
I take it All three of these commands must be run against eth?
for the removal to take effect ? Tia, JimL
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