On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:10 PM, David Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think I see where the problem lies - I >>> don't have a /var/run/ifstate file! What binary creates this file? >> >> ifup and ifdown. (Although on some systmes they aren't binaries, >> they are scripts). >> > > I'm assuming that since I don't call ifup, that might be why the file isn't > being created... Perhaps this could be created manually so ifdown can work? > >>> I'm >>> not configuring the iface by hand, but with utilities such as ifplugd, >>> udhcp, and if* binaries. >> >> If you dont use ifup to up the iface, why do you use ifdown >> to deconfigure it? >> > > Because the script takes into account disconnected interfaces and assigns a > 169.254.x.x address, thus a call to ifdown. With the problems experienced > with the ifdown binary, a temporary (or permanent) work around is to use the > ifconfig binary (which has no problems). > >>> Also, the /etc/network/interfaces file does >>> get created in a script, but matches all the naming conventions and >>> works just fine. Thoughts? >> >> You seem to be confused. /etc/network/interfaces should be edited by >> admin, not created by scripts. >> > > Nope, no confusion. /etc/network/interfaces is created dynamically by > scripts which has actually produced less headache if NIC's are switched or > configuration changes need to occur. Sure beats the "by hand" way of doing > it! :)
You are trying to use ifup/ifdown in a wrong way. Every tool has some design idea behind it, "how it supposed to be used". ifup/ifdown tools are built with the assumption that user expesses his network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces (such as "this iface is static, this iface is DHCP, ...") and then uses exclusively ifup/ifdown to up/down interfaces. And ifup and ifdown will call necessary other lower-level programs to do the requested operation - not the user. Not that I like this design idea (I don't - it's doesn't cover a lot of real-world situations), but that's how ifup/ifdown are designed. If you really want to use these tools, you are better to conform to their design. Trying to use ifdown without ifup totally undermines it. -- vda _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
