Peter van Dijk 12/5/2021

What does ip netns add actually do?

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This article provides a detailed code-level analysis of the 'ip netns add' command in Linux. It explains how the iproute2 tool creates named network namespaces, the role of mount namespaces, and the specific filesystem operations involved, based on tracing the actual source code from version 5.15.0.

What does ip netns add actually do?

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