Bug 682147

Summary:	ifconfig eth0:0 down will remove other child interface
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Gris Ge <fge>
Component:	net-tools	Assignee:	Jiri Popelka <jpopelka>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	5.6
Target Milestone:	rc
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Clone Of:	682145	Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-03-04 14:23:38 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	682145
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Description Gris Ge 2011-03-04 10:03:43 UTC

RHEL 5.6 also have this problem

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #682145 +++

Description of problem:

These command will hit the problem:
ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.1.1
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.1.2
ifconfig eth0:0 down
ifconfig

Then you will find out that eth0:1 disappear.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RHEL6.0 GA (Both 32 bits and 64bits hit the probelm)

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.1.1
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.1.2
ifconfig eth0:0 down
ifconfig
#check eth0:1
  
Actual results:
eth0:1 also been removed.

Expected results:
The child interface is independent of others. eth0:1 should be still there.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jiri Popelka 2011-03-04 14:23:38 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 602368 ***