Bug 17401

Summary:	netcfg makes incorrect entry in ifup-ethX (@Home)
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	pmeloy <pmeloy>
Component:	netcfg	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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Version:	6.2
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Description pmeloy 2000-09-10 23:46:31 UTC

This might be (partially) an @Home problem I don't know.

I was unable to get DHCP working with @home after a new RH6.2 install.
After much hand wringing I discovered that ifup-eth0 had an entry of

HOSTNAME=crxxxxxx-a.city.provice.wave.home.com

Its not supposed to contain the domain, only the hostname so netcfg is the
problem here. I erased the domain portion and tried to activate
unsuccessfully. After persusing the newsgroups I found out I had to change
the line to 

DHCP_HOSTNAME=crxxxxxx-a.city.provice.wave.home.com

Which works just dandy. Should netcfg use HOSTNAME or DHCP_HOSTNAME?
Perhaps HOSTNAME is for when NOT using DHCP and netcfg needs to add the
DHCP_HOSTNAME if you set the nic as DHCP protocol?

Comment 1 pmeloy 2000-09-10 23:50:41 UTC

Oops, sorry - the DHCP line wasn't supposed to contain the domain. It was
supposed to say

DHCP_HOSTNAME=crxxxxxx-a

Comment 2 pmeloy 2000-09-21 15:17:03 UTC

Found the problem!

ifup specifies DHCP_HOSTNAME and netcfg only writes HOSTNAME.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2006-08-07 18:52:52 UTC

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
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Red Hat apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We do
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Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2006-10-18 16:15:51 UTC

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Closing as CANTFIX.