Bug 1392258 - RHEL7: /etc/ifconfig does not exist.
Summary: RHEL7: /etc/ifconfig does not exist.
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Migration_Planning_Guide
Version: 7.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Lenka Kimlickova
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Blocks: 1298243
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Reported: 2016-11-07 01:49 UTC by Jonathan Maxwell
Modified: 2020-09-10 09:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-08-09 09:54:49 UTC
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Description Jonathan Maxwell 2016-11-07 01:49:05 UTC 
Document URL: 

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Migration_Planning_Guide/sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management.html#sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management-New_Format_in_etcifconfig

Section Number and Name: 

2.4.8. New Format in /etc/ifconfig

Describe the issue: 

The /etc/ifconfig binary does not exist. It is usually located in /sbin/ifconfig on RHEL.

Suggestions for improvement: 

Just change 

/etc/ifconfig

to

ifconfig
Comment 1 Shinji Kito 2016-11-07 02:00:19 UTC 
Japanese guide:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/ja-JP/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Migration_Planning_Guide/sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management.html#sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management-New_Format_in_etcifconfig



Please change Section 3.4.7 as well.
Comment 11 Lenka Kimlickova 2017-08-09 09:54:49 UTC 
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Migration_Planning_Guide/sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management.html#sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management-New_Format_in_ifconfig
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