John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 15:57 -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: >> ADNET Ghislain wrote: >>> Roderick A. Anderson a écrit : >>>> Next question. >>>> >>>> Is there anyway (simple, standard, etc.) to have an 'interface' >>>> defined in a /etc/vserver/$GUEST/ but not be used when the guest is >>>> started. Or a way to turn an interface on or off? >>>> >>>> >>>> \\||/ >>>> Rod >>> yes, >>> >>> here is a little explanation: >>> >>> http://linux-vserver.org/util-vserver:Cheatsheet#How_to_add_an_IP_address_to_a_live_guest_.3F >> Right I saw that but in the current case I want to define the interface >> /etc/vservers/$GUEST/interface/1/{ip,dev,prefix} but not have it go >> active if the guest gets (re)started. >> >> Adding to a running guest isn't an issue. Typically I make the entries >> in /etc/vservers/$GUEST/* then restart. But if I make the entries in >> advance but am not ready to have them go active it would be nice to have >> a way to block that. >> >> I am trying to stay with the util-vserver toolkit and way as much as >> possible. >> >> I was thinking(/hoping) a flag-file similar to apps/init/mark for each >> interface to bring up. >> >> >> \\||/ >> Rod > When do you want it to go active? - John You're right that does seam a bit lame. Well when I tell it to. That sounds lame also. And of course I should have RTFM. (Well actually "The Great Flower Page".) /etc/vservers/$GUEST/interfaces/$IFACE/disabled This will work. But a vserver $GUEST interface $IFACE {enable|disable} would be really nice. \\||/ Rod --