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Bug 1455419

Summary:	ifcfg-* should exclude .old extension __sed_discard_ignored_files
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Jozef Mlich <jmlich83>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	David Kaspar // Dee'Kej <deekej>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Daniel Rusek <drusek>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:	Petr Bokoc <pbokoc>
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3	CC:	deekej, drusek, initscripts-maint-list
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Patch
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	initscripts-9.49.40-2.el7	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Files with the `.old` extension are now ignored by network scripts Network scripts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux contain a regular expression which causes them to ignore `ifcfg-*` configuration files with certain extensions, such as `.bak`, `.rpmnew` or `.rpmold`. However, the `.old` extension was missing from this set, despite being used in documentation and in common practice. This update adds the `.old` extension into the list, which ensures that script files which use it will be ignored by network scripts as expected.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2018-04-10 18:24:45 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	1465901

Description Jozef Mlich 2017-05-25 05:38:52 UTC

In documentation is specifically said:

It is recommended not to store backup ifcfg files in the same location as the live ones. The script literally does ifcfg-* with an exclude only for these extensions: .old, .orig, .rpmnew, .rpmorig, and .rpmsave. The best way is not to store backup files anywhere within the /etc/ directory. 

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/sec-Network_Configuration_Using_sysconfig_Files.html

The /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions is using /etc/init.d/functions namely variable __sed_discard_ignored_files:

__sed_discard_ignored_files='/\(~\|\.bak\|\.orig\|\.rpmnew\|\.rpmorig\|\.rpmsave\)$/d'

This caused rhbz#1381314 rhbz#83126 . Please fix initscripts package or documentation.

Comment 2 David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2017-05-25 08:55:58 UTC

Hello Jozef,

thanks for the report. Unfortunately it's too late to fix this in RHEL-7.4.
I'm proposing this for RHEL-7.5. I believe you will be able to workaround this yourself in the meantime. ;)

Best regards,

Dee'Kej

Comment 3 David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2017-10-30 17:18:35 UTC

Already fixed in upstream:
https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/commit/0fe96e5f3705d5c7e968d5fe0698

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 18:24:45 UTC

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0983