Description of problem: Bugzilla Bug 121706 รข documentation of NOZEROCONF Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-7.31.18.EL How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.grep -ir ZEROCONF /usr/share/doc -> nothing but the Changelog addition in initscripts 2.ZEROCONF in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup 380 # Add Zeroconf route. 381 if [ -z "${NOZEROCONF}" -a "${ISALIAS}" = "no" ]; then 382 ip route replace 169.254.0.0/16 dev ${REALDEVICE} 383 fi Actual results: [tru@sillage network-scripts]$ netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 157.99.90.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 157.99.90.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 Expected results: no 169.254.0.0/16 route installed if not requested Additional info:
This is documented in current releases; it will be in sysconfig.txt in RHEL 5.