ifdown on an alias interface removes all IP addresses

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running ifdown on an alias interface such as eth0:1 removes every IPv4 IP address from the interface

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
  • initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6_7.3

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