Bug 1448165

Summary: NetworkManager does not track ip configurations on managed, inactive devices
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Francesco Giudici <fgiudici>
Component: NetworkManagerAssignee: Francesco Giudici <fgiudici>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 7.4CC: aloughla, atragler, bgalvani, fgiudici, lrintel, rkhan, sukulkar, thaller, vbenes
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Description Francesco Giudici 2017-05-04 16:28:55 UTC 
Description of problem:
When an ip configuration is added with a tool external to NetworkManager (e.g., the ip tool) to a device inactive but managed by NetworkManager, NetworkManager does not create anymore a tracking connection nor is able to assume the connection.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.8.0-0.4.rc3

How reproducible:
add a static ip configuration to a managed and not active device: no connection is created/activated by NetworkManager

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ip add add 192.168.1.2/24 dev eth1
2. ip add show eth1
3. nmcli conn show

Actual results:
ip configuration is there and shown with "ip add show" but no tracking connection from NetworkManager is created

Expected results:
NetworkManager creates/activates a connection to track the newly got ip address


Additional info:
Comment 2 Francesco Giudici 2017-05-09 09:30:43 UTC 
Fixed upstream:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=acf1067a455b02b60985e209df568d3fcc3fac9e
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=b6b7d909f7023ef1830fe5a072b64e109397f609

Backported on nm-1-8:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?h=nm-1-8&id=74dac5f516eedb560c3f9fba8418a773731a2515
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?h=nm-1-8&id=f4226e750f3c0f0ab3dda5355b45ee0a7cb7d0b7
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 09:28:57 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299