Bug 127726 - dhclient remains active after change of bootproto
Summary: dhclient remains active after change of bootproto
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: initscripts
Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 64227 136152 136465 144877 167206 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 132991 132992 137160
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Reported: 2004-07-12 22:16 UTC by Zenon Panoussis
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:46 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2005-124
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-04-28 15:21:45 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:117 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE initscripts bug fix update 2005-04-28 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:123 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE initscripts bug fix update 2005-05-18 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:124 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE initscripts bug fix update 2005-06-09 04:00:00 UTC

Description Zenon Panoussis 2004-07-12 22:16:16 UTC
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Description of problem:
When the network is restarted, the initscripts should kill and
possibly restart dhclient. Now they don't. The result is that a
machine can suddenly, out of the blue, dump its fixed IP and revert to
an earlier dynamic one. 

Except for the fact that you suddenly lose a machine and might be
unable to reach it any more, or that services stop working, under some
circumstances this can turn into a severe security risk. Where
restrictions apply based on IP, your policies (or those of somebody
else) can turn meaningless or even dangerous when the machine changes
IP by itself.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
7.31.13.EL-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Take a box with only one NIC. Configure the interface for dhcp,
start the network and get a lease.
2 Change the configuration in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to static and add IP
address, netmask etc. Use an IP other than the leased one. 
3. Run 'service network restart'. Check that the interface is on the
new fixed IP you just gave it. 
4. Wait until the lease of the no longer used dynamic IP expires.
Watch the interface move back to its old dynamic settings. Do 'ps -A
|grep dch'.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-01-12 17:25:25 UTC
*** Bug 144877 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2005-01-12 20:22:17 UTC
*** Bug 136465 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-01-12 20:22:38 UTC
*** Bug 136152 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Bill Nottingham 2005-03-24 18:42:48 UTC
*** Bug 64227 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 John Flanagan 2005-04-28 15:21:45 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-117.html


Comment 10 Tim Powers 2005-05-18 15:35:56 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-123.html


Comment 11 Bill Nottingham 2005-09-01 21:59:45 UTC
*** Bug 167206 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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