Bug 495486 – /etc/sysconfig/network is missing

Bug 495486 - /etc/sysconfig/network is missing

Summary:	/etc/sysconfig/network is missing

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	initscripts (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	2009-04-13 08:32 EDT by Daniel Mach
Modified:	2014-03-16 23:18 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2009-04-14 14:32:47 EDT
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Description Daniel Mach 2009-04-13 08:32:32 EDT

/etc/sysconfig/network is created during installation by anaconda.
When alternative installation method is used (e.g. yum install to chroot), network config file is missing.

Can you include this file in the initscripts package?

I can imagine it's content like this:
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
HOSTNAME=localhost

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2009-04-14 13:28:35 EDT

... why would it be needed in a chroot? You don't bring up devices there.

Comment 2 Daniel Mach 2009-04-14 14:00:25 EDT

For example after I install a virtual guest via yum.

I don't like that anaconda does all post-install setup and packages do not contain couple files with default values.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2009-04-14 14:26:15 EDT

Well, we don't set up any ifcfg-XXX files with a yum install either, so I'm not sure we should special-case this as well.

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2009-04-14 14:32:47 EDT

Similarly, we don't configure grub during yum-based package installation either (and my, would that be gross.)

I'm inclined to close this WONTIFX. If the tools we ship such as system-config-network and/or NetworkManager can't work on a yum-installed chroot and then write a proper /etc/sysconfig/network, I may reconsider.

Comment 5 Daniel Mach 2009-04-14 14:36:12 EDT

Right, but several scripts (like avahi initscript) depend on this file.

example from rhel-5 after I removed /etc/sysconfig/network:
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon: line 18: /etc/sysconfig/network: No such file or directory

Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2009-04-14 14:43:30 EDT

Erm, yes, but ... don't remove it?

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