Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:29:47 GMT, Niall Smart wrote:
> 
> > Or is the test for IFF_PROMISC made earlier in the code?  You
> > should only print a disabled message when it has previously
> > been enabled so that log file watchers can always match up
> > the up/down pairs.
> 
> I've been using if.c modified exactly as suggested for a few months now
> and have experienced the intended results without apparent problems.

But what happens if you write a program which does whatever
ioctl is required to unpromiscify an interface and run it
on an unpromiscuous interface, does it print a message to
syslog even though promiscuous mode was never enabled in the
first place?

Time to start reading some code methinks

Niall
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