[Bug 440179] Re: service fails to start/stop/restart networking daemon

[Andrew]

lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:cxx-3.0-ia32:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-ia32:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-ia32:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-ia32:cxx-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-ia32:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-ia32:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-3.2-ia32:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarch:qt4-3.1-ia32:qt4-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release:        12.04
Codename:       precise

service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance: 
networking stop/waiting

uname -a
Linux ubuntu.redacted.com 3.2.0-56-generic-pae #86-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 17:51:27 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

dpkg -l sysvinit\* | grep sysvinit
un  sysvinit                                 <none>                                              (no description available)
ii  sysvinit-utils                           2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1                             System-V-like utilities


/etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces
ssh stop/waiting
ssh start/running, process 9114
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Title:
  service fails to start/stop/restart networking daemon

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: sysvinit-utils

  The 'service' program (in sysvinit-utils) fails to start, stop, or
  restart a daemon, as follows:

  root at lightning:~# service networking restart
  restart: Unknown instance: 

  It should have the same effect as the following:

  root at lightning:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
   * Reconfiguring network interfaces...

  Ubuntu version and kernel version
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu karmic (development branch)"
  Linux lightning 2.6.31-11-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 25 06:37:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
  model name	: VIA Samuel 2
  cpu MHz		: 798.000

  This system was updated earlier today.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct  1 12:28:49 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: sysvinit-utils 2.87dsf-4ubuntu7
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
  SourcePackage: sysvinit
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

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