---
name: "ifplugd.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "ifplugd"
version: "0.28-18"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ifplugd.conf"
---

# ifplugd.conf(5)

ifplugd configuration file

## NAME

ifplugd.conf - ifplugd configuration file

## SYNOPSIS

**/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf**

## DESCRIPTION

ifplugd.conf is the configuration file for ifplugd. It is a shell script that is sourced by the init script starting the daemon. It shall be used to set environment variables which are interpreted by the init script:

## OPTIONS

- **INTERFACES**

  Specifies the ethernet interfaces to monitor. It has to contain a space seperated list of network interfaces names. Most users will probably use "eth0" here, however you may add additional interfaces for monitoring more than one device. A special value is supported as well: "auto" will enable a more or less working auto detection of available network devices. This won't make you happy when using network module auto loading, since it cannot detect currently unloaded network devices.

- **ARGS**

  Additional command line arguments for ifplugd invocation. See **[ifplugd(8)](/ifplugd/8.md)** for further information.

- **ARGS\_***iface*

  If specified for an interface this variable takes precedence over ARGS. This may be useful if more than one network device is present.

## SEE ALSO

**[ifplugd(8)](/ifplugd/8.md)**

## COMMENTS

This man page was written using **[xmltoman(1)](/xmltoman/1.md)** by Oliver Kurth.