Bug 1183015 – ipv6.method shared prevents connection from being upped

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Bug 1183015 - ipv6.method shared prevents connection from being upped

Summary:	ipv6.method shared prevents connection from being upped

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	NetworkManager (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.2
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact:	Desktop QE
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Reported:	2015-01-16 07:40 EST by Vladimir Benes
Modified:	2015-11-19 05:59 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	The connection activation code has been improved. Activations succeed in more cases, failures are handled gracefully, and logging is more concise.
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Last Closed:	2015-11-19 05:59:36 EST
Type:	Bug
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Suggested fix (1.30 KB, text/plain) 2015-01-19 09:25 EST, Lubomir Rintel	no flags	Details
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:2315	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-11-19 05:06:58 EST

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Description Vladimir Benes 2015-01-16 07:40:17 EST

Description of problem:
I've set ipv6.method to shared to connection operating over existing ethernet device and I cannot up it anymore.

Error: Connection activation failed: Active connection removed before it was initialized

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-1.0.0-8.git20150107.1ea95cd3.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.nmcli connection add type ethernet con-name ethie ifname eth1
2.nmcli connection edit id ethie
3.set ipv6.method shared
4.save
5.quit
6.nmcli connection up id ethie 

Actual results:
Error: Connection activation failed: Active connection removed before it was initialized

Comment 1 Dan Winship 2015-01-16 08:40:14 EST

"shared" is not yet supported for IPv6, so this isn't entirely a bug. We should probably return an error immediately when you try to activate it though, rather than allowing activation to start and then failing afterward.

Comment 2 Lubomir Rintel 2015-01-19 09:25:24 EST

Created attachment 981529 [details]
Suggested fix

Comment 3 Dan Williams 2015-01-20 18:04:36 EST

Sure, LGTM

Comment 4 Lubomir Rintel 2015-01-25 15:33:23 EST

Added to master:

477033b manager: don't attempt to activate ipv6.method=shared connections

Comment 6 Lubomir Rintel 2015-06-09 13:04:12 EDT

In nm-1-0:

ade0c9e manager: don't attempt to activate ipv6.method=shared connections

Comment 8 Vladimir Benes 2015-09-04 19:15:33 EDT

Sharing IPv6 connections is not supported yet is shown.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 05:59:36 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2315.html

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