RHEL 7 public beta has the same issue.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #895791 +++

Add ability  set permanently the  l2tpv3 tunnel from ifcfg.
Right now possible set only gre tunnel with ifcfg-gre1.
Ip route 2 was added option:

[bendersky@laptop ~]$ ip l2tp help
Usage: ip l2tp add tunnel
          remote ADDR local ADDR
          tunnel_id ID peer_tunnel_id ID
          [ encap { ip | udp } ]
          [ udp_sport PORT ] [ udp_dport PORT ]
Usage: ip l2tp add session [ name NAME ]
          tunnel_id ID
          session_id ID peer_session_id ID
          [ cookie HEXSTR ] [ peer_cookie HEXSTR ]
          [ offset OFFSET ] [ peer_offset OFFSET ]
       ip l2tp del tunnel tunnel_id ID
       ip l2tp del session tunnel_id ID session_id ID
       ip l2tp show tunnel [ tunnel_id ID ]
       ip l2tp show session [ tunnel_id ID ] [ session_id ID ]

Where: NAME   := STRING
       ADDR   := { IP_ADDRESS | any }
       PORT   := { 0..65535 }
       ID     := { 1..4294967295 }
       HEXSTR := { 8 or 16 hex digits (4 / 8 bytes) }


When working with pseudowire ifcfg-l2tpeth0 and for vlan ifcfg-l2tpeth0.200 are necessary on boot and on permanent bases.

VLAN=yes should be included in config.

--- Additional comment from Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski on 2013-01-16 15:25:00 EST ---

This has nothing to do sysconftool. I'm guessing this should go against initscripts.

--- Additional comment from Slava on 2013-01-16 20:04:00 EST ---

The main config should in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-l2tpeth0 or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-l2tpeth0.200 for vlan. And /etc/init.d/network script should know to parse it.

--- Additional comment from Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client on 2013-09-04 10:49:49 EDT ---

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

--- Additional comment from Slava on 2013-10-14 23:54:41 EDT ---

Hello Everyone,
Is any updates ?

Slava.

--- Additional comment from Slava on 2013-10-23 00:11:26 EDT ---

Hello Everyone,
Please download src rpm from my repo for RHEL6 it include all patches for init scripts l2tpv3 implementation.

ftp://ftpsrv01.networklab.ca/centos/6/SRPM/initscripts
9.03.38-1.0.3.el6.2.src.rpm

--- Additional comment from Slava on 2013-10-23 22:06:53 EDT ---

Here working version on RHEL6. Please review it.


ftp://ftpsrv01.networklab.ca/centos/6/SRPM/initscripts-9.03.38-1.0.5.el6.2.src.rpm

--- Additional comment from Lukáš Nykrýn on 2013-10-24 03:01:36 EDT ---

Thanks! I will look at it.

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