hi, Remove the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-dummy0 file and restart the network service and check. Reagrds, Sark. --- On Fri, 9/5/08, Stephen Parfitt <sparfitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Stephen Parfitt <sparfitt@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: How to remove a dummy interface on the fly To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 12:55 PM Hi, When working with LVS I need to add dummy0 interfaces to the real servers like this: #ifconfig dummy0 192.168.10.7 netmask 255.255.255.0 This then shows up and works nicely: [root@gbcdff1274m ~]# ifconfig -a dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr DA:37:9F:77:D0:99 inet addr:192.168.10.7 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::d837:9fff:fe77:d099/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:210 (210.0 b) The problem is, the servers are shared and after testing I need to hand them back, the only way I know to remove the dummy0 interface is to reboot the machine, is there a nice way I can remove it from the command line without a reboot? I've tried: ifconfig dummy0 down, this disables it but it remains in the list. /etc/init.d/network restart and it still remains Any help much appreciated. Steve P -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list