etcnet was Re: net-tools must die

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Ben Boeckel wrote:

> Maybe this is the wrong place, but is iproute going to honor
> USERCTL="yes" in the ifcfg scripts? It seems it currently doesn't
> whereas ifup/ifdown do:
> 
> % grep USERCTL /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em2
> USERCTL="yes"
> % ip link set em2 down
> RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted

maybe you are looking for etcnet:
<https://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/etcnet>

/etc/net represents a new approach to Linux network configuration tasks.

Inspired by the limitations of traditional network configuration subsystems,
/etc/net provides builtin support for configuration profiles, interface name
management, removable devices, full iproute2 command set, interface
dependencies resolution, QoS and firewall configuration frameworks.

/etc/net provides support for the following interface types: Ethernet, WiFi
(WEP), IPv4/IPv6 tunnels, PSK IPSec tunnels, VLAN, PLIP, Ethernet bonding and
bridging, traffic equalizer, Pent at NET, Pent at VALUE, SkyStar-2, TUN/TAP,
OpenVPN TUN/TAP, OpenSSH TUN/TAP, usbnet and PPP. 

Due to its modular structure, support for new interface types can be added
without overall design changes.

http://git.altlinux.org/people/sbolshakov/packages/?p=etcnet.git

It's used by ALTLinux since aug-2004

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