User allowed commands -

Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Wed Mar 18 17:26:13 UTC 2009


Rangeen Basu wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> ifup/down-eth0 are not valid commands.  ifdown-eth is but does not work.
>>  "basename: missing operand"  whatever that means?
>>     
>
> You didn't get it quite right. Its actually ifup eth0 or ifdown eth0
> (not ifup-eth0 notice the dash).
>
> Do this as said before:
> Allow the user to control the network device - add "USERCTL=yes" in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 as documented here:
> http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-rg-en-4/s1-networkscripts-interfaces.html
>
> Then run ifup or ifdown with the proper interface name as argument.
> Normally for wired LAN it is eth0(eth1 for a second card that might be
> present)
>
>   
>
>     Regards
>
    Yes!  That works as user bobg.  I will probably create a script and
    a button to manipulate things.

    It is F-10 and I use XFCE ...

    Thanks for clarifying things for me ...

    Bob






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