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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to net-tools in Ubuntu. 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-tools/+bug/1763534/+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