/sbin/init.d/network restart does not funciton

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.1, 1st Edition
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Symptom:

You run the script
/sbin/init.d/network restart
but it does not reinitialize the network interfaces.

Reason:

In the script /sbin/init.d/network there is a small mistake.

Solution:

You must change line 64 in /sbin/init.d/network from:
        $0 stop && $0 stop || return=$rc_failed
to:
        $0 stop && $0 start || return=$rc_failed

Keywords: NETWORK, SCRIPT, RESTART, 6.1

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