Description of problem:

Create an aliased eth0:DNS in "/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices"

(Why use "DNS" instead of "01"? Because:

   - It works in RH ES 4
   - Using short strings indicating what the alias is for is better 
     than carrying an Excel table along )

Starting system-config-network gives the error dialog:

"eth0:DNS, Device not specified or alias not a number!"

It then shows the devices but evidently there are problems with activation.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

system-config-network-1.5.5-1.fc8

How reproducible:

Always

Trial data:

In "/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices" create file ifcfg-eth0:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
HWADDR=00:02:B3:33:35:D2
IPADDR=192.168.1.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
ONBOOT=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=no
NM_CONTROLLED=no

Additionally create file ifcfg-eth0:DNS

DEVICE=eth0:DNS
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
IPADDR=192.168.1.3
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
ONBOOT=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=no
NM_CONTROLLED=no

Expected results:

system-config-network should be able to handle "non-numeric alias".