Changeset 7022 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Installer

Timestamp:

Feb 19, 2008 2:32:53 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Installers/Linux: changed the network management scripts to no longer force the name vbox<x> for tap interfaces

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/VBoxAddIF.sh (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/VBoxAddIF.sh

@@ -61 +61 @@
 }
 
-valid_ifname() {
-  if expr match "$1" "vbox[0-9][0-9]*$" > /dev/null 2>&1
-  then
-    return 0
-  else
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-
 # Check which name we were called under, and exit if it was not recognised.
 if [ ! "$appname" = "$appadd" -a ! "$appname" = "$appdel" ]
@@ -93 +84 @@
   fi
 fi
-# Check that the interface name is valid if we are adding it.  If we are
-# deleting it then the user will get a better error message later if it is
-# invalid as the interface will not exist.
-if [ "$appname" = "$appadd" ]
-then
-  if ! valid_ifname "$interface"
-  then
-    usage
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
 
 # Make sure that we can create files in the configuration directory
@@ -148 +127 @@
       # or two non-comment entries, possibly followed by a comment).
       if ((expr match "$2" "#" > /dev/null) ||
-          (! test -z "$4" && ! expr match "$4" "#" > /dev/null) ||
-          (! valid_ifname "$1"))
+          (! test -z "$4" && ! expr match "$4" "#" > /dev/null))
       then
         echo 1>&2 ""