Public bug reported:
When executing ifconfig, it outputs the whole 10 characters of the
interface name. However, when using ifconfig -s (or ifconfig -a -s) it
doesn't include all the name of the interface (or 10+ characters).
Instead, it outputs only 8 characters of the interface.
ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a
enP2p1s0f0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.245.71.108 netmask 255.255.248.0 broadcast 10.245.71.255
inet6 fe80::ae1f:6bff:fe09:c052 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:52 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 154570 bytes 229998298 (229.9 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 61080 bytes 6131460 (6.1 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
enP2p1s0f1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a -s
Iface MTU RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
enP2p1s0 1500 154607 0 0 0 61101 0 0 0 BMRU
enP2p1s0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BM
** Affects: net-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Critical
Status: New
** Affects: net-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Critical
Status: New
** Description changed:
When executing ifconfig, it outputs the whole 10 characters of the
interface name. However, when using ifconfig -s (or ifconfig -a -s) it
doesn't include all the name of the interface (or 10+ characters).
Instead, it outputs only 8 characters of the interface.
- ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig
+ ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a
enP2p1s0f0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.245.71.108 netmask 255.255.248.0 broadcast 10.245.71.255
inet6 fe80::ae1f:6bff:fe09:c052 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:52 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
- RX packets 154396 bytes 229982516 (229.9 MB)
+ RX packets 154570 bytes 229998298 (229.9 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
- TX packets 60547 bytes 6062897 (6.0 MB)
+ TX packets 61080 bytes 6131460 (6.1 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
- ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -s
+ enP2p1s0f1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
+ ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
+ RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
+ RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
+ TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
+ TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
+
+
+ ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a -s
Iface MTU RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
- enP2p1s0 1500 154538 0 0 0 61063 0 0 0
BMRU
- lo 65536 118 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 LRU
+ enP2p1s0 1500 154607 0 0 0 61101 0 0 0
BMRU
+ enP2p1s0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BM
** Changed in: net-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Summary changed:
- ifconfig -s (or -a -s) doesn't output the full name of the interface
+ ifconfig -s (or -a -s) only outputs 8 characters of the interface name, when
interfaces are 10+ characters.
** Also affects: net-tools (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Critical
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763534
Title:
ifconfig -s (or -a -s) only outputs 8 characters of the interface
name, when interfaces are 10+ characters.
Status in net-tools package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in net-tools source package in Bionic:
New
Bug description:
When executing ifconfig, it outputs the whole 10 characters of the
interface name. However, when using ifconfig -s (or ifconfig -a -s) it
doesn't include all the name of the interface (or 10+ characters).
Instead, it outputs only 8 characters of the interface.
ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a
enP2p1s0f0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.245.71.108 netmask 255.255.248.0 broadcast 10.245.71.255
inet6 fe80::ae1f:6bff:fe09:c052 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:52 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 154570 bytes 229998298 (229.9 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 61080 bytes 6131460 (6.1 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
enP2p1s0f1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a -s
Iface MTU RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
enP2p1s0 1500 154607 0 0 0 61101 0 0 0
BMRU
enP2p1s0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BM
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