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| -rw-r--r-- | src/usernetctl.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/usernetctl.1 b/src/usernetctl.1 index ff3ca593..e930f7e5 100644 --- a/src/usernetctl.1 +++ b/src/usernetctl.1 @@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ 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. + +.B 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: +.nf +ifup \fIinterface-name\fP +ifdown \fIinterface-name\fP +.fi +and \fBifup\fP and \fBifdown\fP will call usernetctl automatically to +allow the interface status change. .SH OPTIONS .TP .I "\fIinterface-name" |