It seems Ubuntu want us to use network-interface to bring up/down the interface, i wonder:
after my some tests: we can use these commands to bring up/down the network INTERFACE, and not the whole networking service. restart network-interface INTERFACE=eth0 ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 (your own risk if you can not login your server again) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440179 Title: service fails to start/stop/restart networking daemon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/440179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs