Bug 30595

Summary: /etc/sysconfig/network is not sourced at ifdown
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Pekka Savola <pekkas>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version: 7.1CC: pb, rvokal
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Description Pekka Savola 2001-03-05 00:44:37 UTC 
/sbin/ifdown does not source /etc/sysconfig/network.

Traditionally this isn't really necessary for devices for which you just ifconfig it down,
but IPv6 can use a little more sophisticated approach.  However, this will not be done
for 'eth' devices because:

if [ "${NETWORKING_IPV6}" = "yes" ]; then
    /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ipv6 $DEVICE
fi

and NETWORKING_IPV6 is not known in this context.


I suggest that /etc/sysconfig/network be sourced either 
 1) beginning of the file (this might _perhaps_ break some really
controversial OTHERSCRIPT's if they use GATEWAY 
 2) after OTHERSCRIPT is exec'ed
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-05 06:32:37 UTC 
Will be fixed in 5.70-1 (after OTHERSCRIPT, FWIW.)