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[Jake Boeckerman <2111757@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The following tip may have become outdated:

You can edit your network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces and
enable your changes by issuing the command sudo /etc/init.d/networking
restart.

I observe no such file in my system, but that might just be because of
my local configuration.

Online, I can see other people struggling with this, and cannot
determine which is the correct truth.

# Command is correct:

This tip is still consistent with the docs at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine
(which were last edited in 2009)

# Command is incorrect:

See the comments on this answer:
https://askubuntu.com/a/444168/235107

"This used to work for older kernels. Now it seems that do not work
indeed. Prefered ifconfig eth0 down & ifconfig eth0 up"

It appears that `/etc/init.d/networking restart` logged a message similar to Running $0 $1 is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces" in 2010, per https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565187
(which I found via https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/24i9bd/what_is_the_deal_with_etcinitdnetworking_restart/)

** Affects: fortunes-ubuntu-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  The following tip may have become outdated:
  
  You can edit your network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces and
  enable your changes by issuing the command sudo /etc/init.d/networking
  restart.
  
  I observe no such file in my system, but that might just be because of
  my local configuration.
  
  Online, I can see other people struggling with this, and cannot
  determine which is the correct truth.
  
  # Command is correct:
  
- This tip is still consistent with the docs at
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine
+ This tip is still consistent with the docs at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine
+ (which were last edited in 2009)
  
  # Command is incorrect:
  
  See the comments on this answer:
  https://askubuntu.com/a/444168/235107
  
  "This used to work for older kernels. Now it seems that do not work
  indeed. Prefered ifconfig eth0 down & ifconfig eth0 up"
  
- 
  It appears that `/etc/init.d/networking restart` logged a message similar to Running $0 $1 is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces" in 2010, per https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565187
  (which I found via https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/24i9bd/what_is_the_deal_with_etcinitdnetworking_restart/)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2111757

Title:
  /etc/init.d/networking is no longer present

Status in fortunes-ubuntu-server package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The following tip may have become outdated:

  You can edit your network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces and
  enable your changes by issuing the command sudo /etc/init.d/networking
  restart.

  I observe no such file in my system, but that might just be because of
  my local configuration.

  Online, I can see other people struggling with this, and cannot
  determine which is the correct truth.

  # Command is correct:

  This tip is still consistent with the docs at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine
  (which were last edited in 2009)

  # Command is incorrect:

  See the comments on this answer:
  https://askubuntu.com/a/444168/235107

  "This used to work for older kernels. Now it seems that do not work
  indeed. Prefered ifconfig eth0 down & ifconfig eth0 up"

  It appears that `/etc/init.d/networking restart` logged a message similar to Running $0 $1 is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces" in 2010, per https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565187
  (which I found via https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/24i9bd/what_is_the_deal_with_etcinitdnetworking_restart/)

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