Re: ifdown/ifup and friends

2018-04-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Tzafrir Cohen writes: >> The problem is that whatever I do in stop() (or by hand), e.g., >> >> * ifconfig eth3 down >> * ifdown --force eth3 (and --no-scripts, and whatever - on Debian) >> * ip link set eth3 down > > Why don't you stop the interface with 'ifdown'? Also:

Re: ifdown/ifup and friends

2018-04-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Hi, Not a good answer, just some thoughts: On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 05:51:40PM +0300, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to get my head around the problem of bringing network > interfaces up and down and checking the state. I googled extensively, > but I have not found an answer

ifdown/ifup and friends

2018-04-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Hi all, I am trying to get my head around the problem of bringing network interfaces up and down and checking the state. I googled extensively, but I have not found an answer to the conundrum, and I am hoping that someone here may shed some light. My target platform is Debian wheezy (no, I