NCFTOOL(1)

NAME
ncftool - Network configuration tool

SYNOPSIS
ncftool [command [options]]

DESCRIPTION
ncftool is a command line utility to configure networking. It can be invoked with no arguments to bring up the interactive ncftool shell. Alternatively a command and optional arguments can be specified to have ncftool execute the command non-interactively.

COMMANDS

  list [--macs] [--all] [--inactive]
List the currently configured toplevel network interfaces

[--macs] - show MAC addresses
[--all] - show all (up & down) interfaces
[--inactive] - show only inactive (down) interfaces

  dumpxml [--mac] [--live] name
Dump the XML description of an interface

[--mac] - interpret the name as MAC address
[--live] - include information about the live interface
name - the name of the interface

  define xmlfile
Define an interface from the specified XML file.

  undefine iface
Remove the configuration of the specified interface.

  ifup iface
Bring up specified interface.

  ifdown iface
Bring down specified interface.

  change-begin
Mark the beginning of a set of revertible network configuration changes.

  change-commit
Commit (make permanent) a set of network configuration changes begun with change-begin.

  change-rollback
Rollback (revert) a set of network configuration changes begun with change-begin.

  help [command]
Print details about command, if specified, or list all commands if command is not specified.

  quit
Exit the program.

SEE ALSO
interfaces (5)

AUTHORS
Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with netcf.