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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:40:20 -0800
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>
Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ifconfig destroy
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:58:38PM -0800, Mike Hoskins wrote:
>=20
> Should `ifconfig <interface> destroy` work in -stable?
>=20
> >From ifconfig(8),
>=20
>      ifconfig interface destroy
>      destroy
>              Destroy the specified network pseudo-device.
>=20
> # ifconfig -a
> tun0: flags=3D8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.10.5 --> 192.168.10.6 netmask 0xffffffff
>         Opened by PID 452
> # ifconfig tun0 down
> # ifconfig tun0 destroy
> ifconfig: SIOCIFDESTROY: Invalid argument
>=20
> What's the right way to remove pseudo-device/interfaces?  I'm playing with
> a SSH/PPP tunnel, which can cause a lot of these to be created during my
> test phase.

"ifconfig <if> destroy" only works on devices created via "ifconfig <if>
create" and tun devices haven't been converted to do that yet.

-- Brooks

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