Thoughts please? Thanks, - Mike On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Mike - st257 <silvertip257 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello List, > > After demystifying the cause for my /sbin/ifup-local not being executed by > network scripts for an Ethernet interface (don't let NetworkManager control > it or ifup-local won't be executed)... > > ... I have a question with hopefully a simple answer: > I placed an alias/description on my interface during testing and now I > want to remove it. > But when I try to remove it, I'm either trying to do something _actually_ > not supported or I don't have the proper syntax to accomplish what I want. > > > ~]# ip link set dev eno1 alias "hit" > > ~]# ip link show eno1 > 2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode > DEFAULT qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:22:19:1e:a2:5b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > alias hit > > ~]# ip link delete dev eno1 alias "hit" > RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported > > > Thoughts? > It's mildly annoying at most. > > -- > ---~~.~~--- > Mike > // SilverTip257 // > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //