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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