On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:20:05 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu 07 Jul 2011 at 15:42:14 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > Having made some config changes to my network, I did: > > > > root@tony-lx:/home/tony# /etc/init.d/networking restart > > > > That results in: > > > > Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may > > not enable again some interfaces ... (warning). > > Reconfiguring network interfaces... > > > > OK, so it's deprecated. What should I use instead?? > > '/etc/init.d/networking restart' will only act on interfaces which are > marked 'auto' in /etc/network/interfaces. The same applies to > stop/start. > > All your interfaces are marked 'auto'? Go ahead and use the networking > script. > > But presumably at boot, all interfaces, whether auto or not, are successfully started, and presumably properly closed down on shutdown. Is there no command-line access to whatever mechanism does this? Do we really need to keep a list of current interface names on a sticky note on the monitor and ifup them individually? Absolutely no offence meant at all to anybody, but that sounds a bit... well... retrograde. -- Joe -- 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/20110707204554.7ab61...@jresid.jretrading.com