How to remove a dummy interface on the fly

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Stephen Parfitt wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> When working with LVS I need to add dummy0 interfaces to the real
> servers like this:
>  
> #ifconfig dummy0 192.168.10.7 netmask 255.255.255.0
>  
> This then shows up and works nicely:
>  
> [root at gbcdff1274m ~]# ifconfig -a
> dummy0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr DA:37:9F:77:D0:99  
>           inet addr:192.168.10.7  Bcast:192.168.10.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::d837:9fff:fe77:d099/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:210 (210.0 b)
>  
>  
> The problem is, the servers are shared and after testing I need to hand
> them back, the only way I know to remove the dummy0 interface is to
> reboot the machine, is there a nice way I can remove it from the command
> line without a reboot?
>  
> I've tried:
>  
> ifconfig dummy0 down, this disables it but it remains in the list.
> /etc/init.d/network restart and it still remains
>  
> Any help much appreciated.
>  
>  
> Steve P
>   
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