What interface control scripts can be used to activate and deactivate system interfaces?

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The interface control scripts activate and deactivated system interfaces. There are two primary interface control scripts, /sbin/ifdown and /sbin/ifup, that call on control scripts located in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory.

The ifup and ifdowninterface scripts are symbolic links to scripts in the /sbin...

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