[Bug 199979] eth0 enter into promiscuous mode whitout being report by ifconfig or "ip link show"

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Summary: eth0 enter into promiscuous mode whitout being report by ifconfig or "ip link show"


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199979





------- Additional Comments From aarapov at redhat.com  2008-07-09 06:44 EST -------
Very old, odd and well known issue. It's kernel related from the one
perspective, but nobody wishes to change anything since 2001. And I would say
nothing changed.

the only way to get the current state is to read /sys/class/net/[net_if]/flags file.


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