On 8/22/13, Mark Copper <mcop...@straitcity.com> wrote: > As an aside, right there in the networking chapter of the debian > manual under "The basic syntax of /etc/network/interfaces" is says in > no uncertain terms, **Warning** Do not define duplicates of the > "iface" stanza for a network interface in /etc/network/interfaces! > Something I clearly violated in aping the new IP-related syntax.
I think the new syntax possibilities have not yet fully propagated through the docs yet. The iface ethX:Y syntax allows ifup/down to operate just on that alias though, which is something I have used in the past, albeit not often. Eg when working on a small black box device which requires ethernet connection for config, and a specific client ip address, adding that address as an alias is quite convenient for testing and later re-configuring, by plugging directly into my workstation laptop and ifup ethX:Y, when done, ifdown ethX:Y and plug laptop back into normal network. > The strange thing was that it didn't shut down the entire card. The > (master) nameserver kept working fine whilst port 22 was unavailable. > So I was unable to pull back to my old server in this botched > transition. This implies a useful test prior to reboot of course: ssh u...@eth0.ip.ad.dress:22 -- 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/caosgnss_p2kjnnyyp-li259neas41ejsdm8tbh+3+afq7m2...@mail.gmail.com
