Bug 1045702 - Wireless: Please explain setregdomain and /etc/sysconfig/regdomain
Summary: Wireless: Please explain setregdomain and /etc/sysconfig/regdomain
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Networking_Guide
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
low
Target Milestone: rc
: 7.1
Assignee: Mirek Jahoda
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-21 10:52 UTC by Răzvan Sandu
Modified: 2019-03-06 00:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-05-24 15:57:27 UTC
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Description Răzvan Sandu 2013-12-21 10:52:30 UTC 
Description of problem:

Red Hat family distros need a way of correctly setting the wireless regulatory domain, as explained in Fedora bug #806221 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806221)

The setregdomain utility and /etc/sysconfig/regdomain file are involved in this, but they are not documented in System Administrators Guide or System Administrators Reference Guide

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html-single/System_Administrators_Reference_Guide/index.html#sect-sysconfig-files

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
System Administrators Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta, Edition 0, as of 21.12.2013.
System Administrators Reference Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta, Edition 0, as of 21.12.2013.

How reproducible:
Check documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta, as of 21.12.2013.

Actual results:
There is no documentation for setting the wireless regulatory domain of a Red Hat system (particularily for the setregdomain utility and /etc/sysconfig/regdomain file).

Expected results:
A complete, easy to understand documentation is needed for system administrators and end users.

Additional info:
Fedora bug #806221 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806221)
Comment 2 Stephen Wadeley 2014-01-08 10:16:54 UTC 
Thank you Răzvan

I will try to add this info.

Regards
Stephen
Comment 6 John W. Linville 2016-09-21 14:16:51 UTC 
man setregdomain
Comment 9 Mirek Jahoda 2017-05-24 15:57:27 UTC 
The update has been published on the Customer Portal [1]

[1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html-single/Networking_Guide/index.html#sec-Setting_Wireless_Regulatory_Domain
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