.TH USERNETCTL 1 "Red Hat Software" "RHS" \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME usernetctl \- allow a user to manipulate a network interface if permitted .SH SYNOPSIS .B usernetctl \fIinterface-name\fP up\fI|\fPdown\fI|\fPreport .SH DESCRIPTION .B usernetctl checks to see if users are allowed to manipulate the network interface specified by \fIinterface-name\fP, 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. .SH OPTIONS .TP .I "\fIinterface-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. .TP up\fI|\fPdown Attempt to bring the interface up or down. .TP report Report on whether users can bring the interface up or down. .SH NOTES Alternate device configurations may inherit the default configuration's permissions.