ifconfig -s (or -a -s) only outputs 8 characters of the interface name, when interfaces are 10+ characters.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
net-tools (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Critical
|
Canonical Foundations Team | ||
Bionic |
Confirmed
|
Critical
|
Canonical Foundations Team |
Bug Description
When executing ifconfig, it outputs the whole 10 characters of the interface name. However, when using ifconfig -s (or ifconfig -a -s) it doesn't include all the name of the interface (or 10+ characters). Instead, it outputs only 8 characters of the interface.
ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a
enP2p1s0f0: flags=4163<
inet 10.245.71.108 netmask 255.255.248.0 broadcast 10.245.71.255
inet6 fe80::ae1f:
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:52 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 154570 bytes 229998298 (229.9 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 61080 bytes 6131460 (6.1 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
enP2p1s0f1: flags=4098<
ether ac:1f:6b:09:c0:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
ubuntu@dradis:~$ ifconfig -a -s
Iface MTU RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
enP2p1s0 1500 154607 0 0 0 61101 0 0 0 BMRU
enP2p1s0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BM
description: | updated |
Changed in net-tools (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
summary: |
- ifconfig -s (or -a -s) doesn't output the full name of the interface + ifconfig -s (or -a -s) only outputs 8 characters of the interface name, + when interfaces are 10+ characters. |
Changed in net-tools (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.