[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1540) Ifconfig is hardcoded in BroControl
Jon Schipp (JIRA)
jira at bro-tracker.atlassian.net
Thu Mar 10 09:33:01 PST 2016
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Jon Schipp commented on BIT-1540:
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I added support for the ip tool in branch topic/jschipp/broctl-ip-support
> Ifconfig is hardcoded in BroControl
> -----------------------------------
>
> Key: BIT-1540
> URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1540
> Project: Bro Issue Tracker
> Issue Type: Problem
> Components: BroControl
> Affects Versions: git/master
> Reporter: Johanna Amann
> Assignee: Jon Schipp
> Fix For: 2.5
>
>
> From the mailing list:
> {quote}
> Hi Folks,
> On later versions of Linux distros iproute2 replaces ifconfig with ip
> Starting at line 601 at
> https://github.com/bro/broctl/blob/master/BroControl/config.py
> It looks like ifconfig is hard-written into the logic. Probably needs a
> patch to check for the ip command.
> Cheers,
> Harry
> {quote}
> We should probably check for the presence of the ip utility and use that, if present.
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