usernetctl - allow a user to manipulate a network inter
face if permitted
SYNOPSIS
usernetctl interface-name up|down|report
DESCRIPTION
usernetctl checks to see if users are allowed to manipu
late the network interface specified by interface-name,
and then tries to bring the network interface up or down,
if up or down was specified on the command line, or
returns true or false status (respectively) if the report
option was specified.
usernetctl is not really meant to be called directly by
users, though it currently works fine that way. It is
used as a wrapper by the ifup and ifdown scripts, so that
users can do exactly the same thing as root:
ifup interface-name
ifdown interface-name
and ifup and ifdown will call usernetctl automatically to
allow the interface status change.
OPTIONS
interface-name
The name of the network interface to check; for
example, "ppp0". For backwards compatibility,
"ifcfg-ppp0" and "/etc/sysconfig/network-
scripts/ifcfg-ppp0" are also supported.
up|down
Attempt to bring the interface up or down.
report Report on whether users can bring the interface up
or down.
NOTES
Alternate device configurations may inherit the default
configuration's permissions.
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