I tried to use "ip", as suggested, but it allows me to only _list_ the
address type (primary/secondary), not _set_ the type specifically.
bash# ip -V
ip utility, iproute2-ss010824
bash# ip addr ls dev eth1.5
5: eth1.5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
link/ether 00:02:b3:11:0f:38 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 1.2.3.4/24 scope global eth1.5
inet 1.2.3.5/24 scope global secondary eth1.5
bash# ip addr add 1.2.3.6/24 dev eth1.5 primary
Error: either "local" is duplicate, or "primary" is a garbage.
>From ip_cref.ps in the iproute2 rpm, page 14,
"Address flags are set by the kernel and cannot be changed
administratively."
--
Umesh
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Dheeraj Pandey wrote:
> Straight from the horse's mouth :)
>
> Dheeraj
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David S. Miller [mailto:davem@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:18 AM
> To: dheeraj@Zambeel.com
> Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Configuring down one alias brings down all aliases
>
>
> From: Dheeraj Pandey <dheeraj@Zambeel.com>
> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:40:05 -0800
>
> One of us here are trying to remove IP aliases from an eth interface.
> Doing
> a "ifconfig ethx:ALIAS down" seems to bring down all other aliases
> which had
> IP in the same subnet. Before I dig into the code to figure out why,
> will
> s'one help me understand the rationale behind this?
>
> To get the behavior you want, add the aliases using the "ip" command,
> and give each alias the "primary" attribute.
>
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