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ifupdown package

  1. Bug #663352
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 663352

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Tong Sun (suntong001) wrote : Re: [Bug 663352] Re: No way to stop/start networking without network management

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Steve Langasek <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

Reassigning to the ifupdown package. This should be supported by
> running 'service networking restart', but doesn't because
> /etc/init/networking.conf doesn't contain a stop command.
>

Just for the archive, the problem is more than just a stop command -- the

/etc/init.d/networking restart

is not merely stop and start. restart let you keep you current ssh
connection, while stop and start will loose it.