Package: net-tools Version: 1.60-17 Severity: normal File: /sbin/ifconfig Not even an error in $? is returned if failed to take device down, Nor any error messages.
# ifconfig -s Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg lo 16436 0 34 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 LRU sit0 1480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ORU # ifconfig lo down # ifconfig sit0 down; echo $? 0 # ifconfig -s Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg sit0 1480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ORU Also could return errors/messages if the device is already in the state, # ifconfig lo down; echo $? 0 # ifconfig lo up # ifconfig lo up; echo $? 0 like /etc/init.d/many_packages start|stop do. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
