USERNETCTL(8)							USERNETCTL(8)



NAME
       usernetctl - allow a user to manipulate a network interface if permit-
       ted

SYNOPSIS
       usernetctl interface-name up|down|report

DESCRIPTION
       usernetctl checks to see if users are allowed to manipulate  the	 net-
       work  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 configura-
       tion's permissions.



RHS				Red Hat, Inc.			USERNETCTL(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. users
2. true
3. false
4. as