On 2010-09-22, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:44:01 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> On 2010-09-22, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> The only two available options seem to be "stop|start", so... >>> >>> /etc/init.d/networking stop && /etc/init.d/networking start >>> >>> ...should do the trick. >>> >>> It would be nice to know the reason for the "restart" deprecation, >>> though. >>> >>> >> Looking at the changelog for the netbase package, it seems that the >> warning was introduced to address bug 550240[1]. >> >> 1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550240 > > Thanks :-) > > But the explanation is a bit "ethereous": > > * Made the init script warn that using the force-reload and restart > parameters is not a good idea. (Closes: #550240) > > Okay, "force-reload" and "restart" should be avoided (they're "weak"). > So, the next logical question is, how one safely restarts the network > service? :-? >
On a per-interface basis, one can do this: ifdown <interface-name> && ifup <interface-name> But I don't know a general way of restarting all interfaces. Neither does the maintainer of netbase, it would appear :-) -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrni9kval.398.liam.p.oto...@dipsy.tubbynet