/etc/init.d/networking stop causes system crashes

[Cristian Garcia]

Hello,

We use Webmin in our high school. We report this problem to Webmin's author and he confirmed us that he uses /etc/init.d/networking stop script.

So, even we know that this script is deprecated, we have to use it (Webmin) in order to do graphical administration with our pupils.

You can see the system crash after taking these steps:

1. Install Ubuntu Server 12.04.
2. Execute command: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart. No problem.
3. Execute command: sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop. No problem.
4. Execute apt-get install xorg.
5. Steps 2 and 3 again. No problem
6. Execute apt-get install gnome-core.
7. Step 2. No problem.
8. Step 3. The system crashes.

That it's, after installing gnome-core package, something happens with the /etc/init.d/networking stop, but not with the restart.

We've also trying to upgrade the packages, but that doesn't work.

Thank you!

Cristian.

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

networking brings dbus down which will in turn kill pretty much everything on the machine.
This is known and this is why we tell people not to do this.

Webmin is an unsupported configuration tool which has a very strong tendencies to mess with the system in a way that makes the system completely unsupportable. This is the reason why webmin was removed from the Ubuntu and Debian archive a long time ago.

Marking bug as Invalid.

[Bryan Gonzalez (bgonza868)]

Sorry, your response is invalid. At the mere mention of an unsupported tool you disregarded this bug.

If you take notice of stgraber's steps, you'll notice in his troubleshooting that he did not install webmin, thus confirming that webmin is not the culprit.

I did not have this problem either until today, when i applied package updates including gnome-core.
I have webmin installed and /etc/init.d/networking stop worked just fine until today.

Please re-evaluate this bug.
Thank you.

[Bryan Gonzalez (bgonza868)]

EDIT: I meant Cristian's steps not stgraber's

My apologies.