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When USERCTL=yes in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-iface is set, everyone on the machine can up/down this interface. This is not good. I suggest to use group (say, ifctl-iface) of users who is allowed to control that interface. This can be made compatible with current config: USERCTL=yes any user can bring iface up/down USERCTL=no only root can USERCTL=somegroup only members of `somegroup' can control interface (i.e. any value over than yes, Yes, no, No should cause getgrnam() call) Or, alternatively, only three choices: yes, no or group, and in the last case, lookup group ifctl-iface.
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Hello, 14-year-old feature request! This seems like a reasonable idea, even though it was never implemented. The shell based initscripts aren't really getting new development anymore; maybe this could be made into an RFE against NetworkManager instead?
Hehe. Yeah, it's been that long ago. Oh well, and I'm still alive and kicking too, but I moved from redhat to debian long ago as well. Given the timeframe, I don't think it is worth the effort, even if it seems reasonable. Because, well, no one added their +1 to this bug during all these years.
With Bug #998 closed, I think this officially inherents the crown of "oldest-bug-evar".
Currently we are not using network-scripts by default in fedora and my plan is to remove them completely in 2 or 3 releases in favor of networkd. So I don't see a point to add new features into them.