Description of Problem: When configuring an ethernet interface through neat, there are three tabs available to Add your configuration. One of those tabs is Protocol, where you can set whether or not DHCP is active, etc. If this tab is not accessed during the configuration of the interface, the BOOTPROTO setting is not set all all in the ifcfg-ethx file, resulting in an interface that returns OK on startup, but doesn't actually start. If you try to start it from the command line, it exits 0 and returns nothing at all because of the missing entry. How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create an interface with neat's Add functionality, avoiding the Protocol tab. 2. Exit neat to write the configuration 3. Note that the ifcfg-ethx file does not have a BOOTPROTO entry. Actual Results: missing BOOTPROTO entry Expected Results: The default in the tab is DHCP, would be okay to write that as a default. Additional Information:
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Fairfax
Fixed in CVS.