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Bug 1455419 - ifcfg-* should exclude .old extension __sed_discard_ignored_files
ifcfg-* should exclude .old extension __sed_discard_ignored_files
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: initscripts (Show other bugs)
7.3
All Linux
medium Severity low
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Assigned To: David Kaspar [Dee'Kej]
Daniel Rusek
Petr Bokoc
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Blocks: 1465901
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Reported: 2017-05-25 01:38 EDT by Jozef Mlich
Modified: 2018-04-10 14:26 EDT (History)
3 users (show)

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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.
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Last Closed: 2018-04-10 14:24:45 EDT
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:0983 None None None 2018-04-10 14:26 EDT

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Description Jozef Mlich 2017-05-25 01:38:52 EDT 
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 04:55:58 EDT 
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 13:18:35 EDT 
Already fixed in upstream:
https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/commit/0fe96e5f3705d5c7e968d5fe0698
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 14:24:45 EDT 
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
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