Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 125149
aliases and nicknames don't mix
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:45:49 EDT
Description of problem: If you give an ip alias a nickname (in the redhat-config-network tool), then it is not brought up at boot time. The ifup-aliases script requires ifcfg files for aliases to be in the form ifcfg- DEVICENAME:xxx, and nicknamed files are not. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC1+Updates How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create an alias of an interface, say eth0:1 2. Nickname the alias, as say "alternate" 3. Reboot Actual results: eth0:1 is not present after boot time. Expected results: Aliases which are set to ONBOOT should in fact be brought up. Additional info: It IS possible to have nicknames if they are combined with the device name, such as: "ifcfg-eth0:alternate" It's probably easier to change the r-c-n tool than the ifup-aliases script.
Actually, this whole thing needs reworked. Probably just implement aliases as secondary addresses for the device.
Aliases don't do onboot, fwiw. They follow 'ONPARENT'.
Closing bugs on older releases. Apologies for any lack of response. Realistically, this code will not signifcantly change until we implement aliases as just secondary addresses. So, closing this out.