Seriously people, get over yourself. Here's what the init script did on restart:
ifdown -a --exclude=lo $verbose ifup -a --exclude=lo $exclusions $verbose && ifup_hotplug $exclusions $verbose All the rest is message output, checking for /etc/network/options and other boilerplate stuff. That's exactly the same suggestion feliperechia made in #8 about 2 years ago. "Oh, but he didn't mention ifup_hotplug or $exclusions yadda yadda" Well, ifup_hotplug actually extracts a list of interfaces from the output of `ifquery --list --allow=hotplug`, checks they're physical interfaces and have physical link, and runs ifup for all of them. I sincerely doubt any of the "oh I screwed up and now have to take a 4 hour flight to the datacenter" are hotplugging their network interfaces. If your NIC is available on boot it should be set to 'auto' and will be picked up by `ifup -a`. No need for ifup_hotplug on headless servers. $exclusions is the EXCLUDE_INTERFACES parameter from /etc/default/networking. $verbose is either '-v' or empty. You probably don't use either. So yeah, `( ifdown -a --exclude=lo; ifup -a --exclude=lo) &` should work for everyone because that's exactly what `/etc/init.d/networking restart` did. Can we move along now? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ifupdown in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301015 Title: Networking does not restart Status in ifupdown package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Ubuntu Server 14.04 it appears it is not possible to restart networking. This is fresh install from ISO. wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart wirehive@ubuntu:~$ echo $? 1 wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo service networking restart stop: Job failed while stopping start: Job is already running: networking wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo bash -x /etc/init.d/networking restart + PATH=/sbin:/bin + RUN_DIR=/run/network + IFSTATE=/run/network/ifstate + STATEDIR=/run/network/state + '[' -x /sbin/ifup ']' + '[' -x /sbin/ifdown ']' + . /lib/lsb/init-functions +++ run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d ++ for hook in '$(run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d 2>/dev/null)' ++ '[' -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks ']' ++ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks ++ for hook in '$(run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d 2>/dev/null)' ++ '[' -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging ']' ++ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging +++ LOG_DAEMON_MSG= ++ FANCYTTY= ++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']' ++ true + CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=yes + EXCLUDE_INTERFACES= + VERBOSE=no + '[' -f /etc/default/networking ']' + verbose= + '[' no = yes ']' + case "$1" in + init_is_upstart + '[' -x /sbin/initctl ']' + /bin/grep -q upstart + /sbin/initctl version + return 0 + exit 1 wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo bash -x service networking restart ++ basename service + VERSION='service ver. 0.91-ubuntu1' ++ basename service + USAGE='Usage: service < option > | --status-all | [ service_name [ command | --full-restart ] ]' + SERVICE= + ACTION= + SERVICEDIR=/etc/init.d + OPTIONS= + '[' 2 -eq 0 ']' + cd / + '[' 2 -gt 0 ']' + case "${1}" in + '[' -z '' -a 2 -eq 1 -a networking = --status-all ']' + '[' 2 -eq 2 -a restart = --full-restart ']' + '[' -z '' ']' + SERVICE=networking + shift + '[' 1 -gt 0 ']' + case "${1}" in + '[' -z networking -a 1 -eq 1 -a restart = --status-all ']' + '[' 1 -eq 2 -a '' = --full-restart ']' + '[' -z networking ']' + '[' -z '' ']' + ACTION=restart + shift + '[' 0 -gt 0 ']' + '[' -r /etc/init/networking.conf ']' + which initctl + grep -q upstart + initctl version + case "${ACTION}" in + stop networking stop: Job failed while stopping + : + exec start networking start: Job is already running: networking wirehive@ubuntu:~$ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1301015/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
