I want to be able to change my statically assigned ipv6 address prefix in my systemd-networkd configuration file without rebooting my entire system. For example if I entered the following in a file /etc/systemd/network/10-ens33.network:
[Match]
Name=ens33
[Network]
Address=2001:db8:1212:1211::/63
Then to get my configuration to apply run the following: sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd
now when I run ip addr show the following prints:
2: ens33: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:f8:f8:18 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enp2s1
inet6 2001:db8:1212:1211::/63 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Realizing I've made a typo and actually want an ipv6 prefix of /64 I go to edit my file /etc/systemd/network/10-ens33.network to the following:
[Match]
Name=ens33
[Network]
Address=2001:db8:1212:1211::/64
However this time when I run sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd my change hasn't taken and I get the exact same output from running ip addr show.
The only way I know how to get a prefix change to take is to reboot the system however I'm hoping there's an easier way that doesn't involve a system reboot and that I'm just missing some configuration or something.
