James Raftery wrote:
> RH 6.2 box, running kernel 2.2.17.
>> The machine has one NIC - eth0. eth0 is 212.147.130.150.
> It also has one aliased interface, eth0:0 using 212.147.130.133.
>> The box no longer needs 212.147.130.150 so I've changed the bootup
> scripts to only configure one interface, eth0, with 212.147.130.133 on
> startup.
>> The problem is that the machine is live now and I don't want to reboot
> it. If I 'ifconfig eth0 down' to shutdown the 212.147.130.150 interface
> will eth0:0 remain useable?
Nope.
However, if you run the command :
'ifconfig eth0 down && ifconfig eth0 212.147.130.133 && ifconfig eth0 up'
all on the one line then you can change the IP remotely.
Vin
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