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USERNETCTL (1)

request notification of network interface changes

SYNOPSIS

    usernetctl interface-name up|down|report

DESCRIPTION

    usernetctl checks to see if users are allowed to manipulate the network interface specified by interface-name, and then tries to bring the network interface up or down, if up or down was specified on the command line, or returns true or false status (respectively) if the report option was specified.

OPTIONS

    \fIinterface-name

      The name of the network interface to check; for example, "ppp0". For backwards compatibility, "ifcfg-ppp0" and "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0" are also supported.

    up|down

      Attempt to bring the interface up or down.

    report

      Report on whether users can bring the interface up or down.

NOTES

    Alternate device configurations may inherit the default configuration's permissions.