http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494958
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494958#c16
--- Comment #16 from Jiri Bohac
I agree that per-interface configuration is preferable, but is this not a kernel bug? The interface should not have to be turned down and up to change privacy settings.
I agree that in case of use_tempaddr, the kernel could behave better and configure the private address even if the option is turned on after the interface got its address. But there are options where setting them prior to bringing the interface up may be very important, e.g. disable_ipv6. The user will rightfully expect that if this option is set, the interface will not start sending out router solicitations when brought up. Yet, if we call the sysctl after bringing the interface up a few solicitations will have been sent out before IPv6 is disabled on the interface. So this possible race condition should be taken into account when designing how this will work. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.