Description of problem: When creating a new xDSL or dialup interface, redhat-config-network creates the ifcfg file named after the nickname (for example, an xDSL interface corresponding to ppp0 with the nickname Verizon_DSL gets named ifcfg-Verizon_DSL, not ifcfg-ppp0). As I recall, redhat-config-network used to create a symlink pointing from one file name to the other (I don't remember if it was ifcfg-ppp0 -> ifcfg-Verizon_DSL or ifcfg-Verizon_DSL -> ifcfg-ppp0). It no longer does this. The problem is that when the connection is configured to come up at boot time, there is an error message complaining about the nonexistence of the file ifcfg-ppp0. (There is a corresponding error message on shutdown.) In order to make it work, I have to manually create the symlink in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. However, if I use redhat-config-network to change my settings and then save them, it deletes my symlinks! So I have to manually recreate them each time. I reported this under bug #105748, but apparently it's gotten lost in the shuffle. By the way, I can bring up the connection _manually_ with redhat-config-network itself (without the symlinks), but this is a pain. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.3.8-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new xDSL interface (with a nickname different from ppp0) and configure it to come up at boot time. 2. Reboot. Actual results: Error message complaining about the nonexistence of ifcfg-ppp0. Connection doesn't come up. Corresponding error message on shutdown. Expected results: xDSL interface should come up automatically. Also should go down automatically on shutdown. Additional info: This has been broken since test2. I think it's a mistake for redhat-config-network to create ifcfg-* files named after nicknames. The GUI lets people avoid working with the files directly anyway, and the new names break other things. I think that to avoid breaking other things, if there has to be a file named after the nickname, the right way is for redhat-config-network to name the actual file ifcfg-ppp0 (for example), and then automatically create a symlink from ifcfg-Verizon_DSL (for example) to ifcfg-ppp0.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 109601 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.