Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 08:02:00 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: Bram Schoenmakers <bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network interface restart Message-ID: <4641B838.6030104@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <200705091331.56038.bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl> References: <200705091231.18164.bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl> <1A58CC26-5CAE-4834-9043-27040767CEF5@brooknet.com.au> <200705091331.56038.bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl>
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Bram Schoenmakers wrote: > Op woensdag 09 mei 2007, schreef Sam Lawrance: > > Hi, > >>> Could someone please point out where I made the mistake? >> When your network interface went down, you lost the connection, your >> shell lost the terminal and your script was terminated before it >> could finish doing what it was supposed to. Possibly you need to use >> something like "nohup" or "screen" (from ports), or have some other >> form of terminal available. > > Thanks for your answer. > > But as I said, I ran the script from a screen session, so that makes me wonder > why the execution was aborted. > > But is running '/etc/rc.d/netif restart'' known to cause problems? I think I > shouldn't have to use scripts like these just to change a setting on the > network interface. More importantly, what *exactly* did your 'fallback' script contain? Steve
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