Description of Problem: If I create a second configuration for eth0, the first configuration is wiped out (ifcfg-eth0 is replaced) but it remains in the neat configuration list. The only way I can see to avoid this problem is to "DeActivate" the first interface (make sure you turn it off first, see bug# 50738), close the program (to actually remove the ifcfg-eth0 from network-scripts), then restart the configuration tool and configure the new interface. I'm not sure that the first configuration is recoverable in that instance -- haven't tested it. In any case, when the ifcfg-eth0 is replaced, the entry for the configuration is left in the neat configuration window, and now modifying the first configuration does nothing. This is extremely confusing, since the configuration still exists in neat, and is still marked Active. How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up one interface configuration in neat 2. now set up another one pointed at the same interface (eth0) 3. close the program. 4. Note that there is only one ifcfg-eth0, and changes to the first configuration entry no longer have any effect. Actual Results: First configuration is orphaned, second configuration applies Expected Results: Both configurations should be saved, one should be made "inactive". Alternatively, the interface should not allow the user to attach a second configuration to the same interface. Additional Information:
This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax.
We probably should only allow one virtual neat device for a given real ethernet device to be activated at any given time. Harald or I will look into that. Read ya, Phil
fixed in CVS