Why do I see error message "ifdown-eth: line 64: echo: write error: Invalid argument" on shutdown of bonding device?
Issue
- Found following error message while doing a bonding device shutdown with ifdown command.
ifdown-eth: line 64: echo: write error: Invalid argument
ifconfig-bond0
hasBONDING_OPTS="mode=1 arp_ip_target=xxx.yyy.zzz.www arp_interval=1000"
- Issue doesn't appear on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.7 with initscripts-8.45.38-2.el5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
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