How not allow setting ip changes interface down status?

[Jack Vogel]

How is adding a small token 'down' with the command a 'PITA',
seems completely reasonable to me? Further, if you changed it
so if didn't bring the interface up you'd probably have a bunch of
people complain because that was the expected behavior :)

Jack



On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal at dataix.net>wrote:

> Seconded.
>
> But to answer you must specify "down" with every command.
>
> ifconfig wlan0 inet ipa.ddr.her.e/24 down
>
> It's a PITA
>
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> On Jun 16, 2013, at 3:48, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > That'd actually be nice to have. I've noticed this with wifi and it's
> > irritating.
> >
> >
> > adrian
> >
> > On 15 June 2013 23:59, h bagade <bagadeh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I want to know if there is any way to change the current freebsd
> behavior
> >> when setting interface ip address. In current method, when assigning ip
> >> address to an interface, the interface is set to UP. I need not allowing
> >> this change to be done! If an interface is in down state, setting ip
> >> address doesn't change its sate.
> >>
> >> I'm ready to hear your ideas on my question and what's the pros and
> cons of
> >> the change I'm going to make.
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