From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.2.1) Gecko/20010901 Description of problem: HI, multiple errors/problems found with neat, espacially also in combination with better working netconfig tools like netconfig szenario: fresh installation, with selected ip-adress via dhcp trying to change it to a static one with need of netmask,..... other issues: if you use tools like netconfig, rp3 to configure network devices, settings in /etc/sysconfing/networking/devices are not getting updated other issue: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-funcitions does look for defaults in /etc/sysconfig/networking/default, not /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default other issue: how to setup eth0-aliases????? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install system 2.start neat 3.try to set netmask , checking through all tabs. Actual Results: couldnt find netmask setting possibilty/disable-swtich for dhcpd-requestbased network setting Expected Results: find proper areas to define things Additional info: tool is fairly useless in the state it is, causes a lot of headaches for supportengeneers. at least now all support reps do know, how to guide customers through changing things (like for virtual webservers) manuyally by editing files with vi instead using tools provided by rh.
> szenario: fresh installation, with selected ip-adress via dhcp > trying to change it to a static one with need of netmask,..... what do you want to do? > other issues: if you use tools like netconfig, rp3 to configure network > devices, settings in /etc/sysconfing/networking/devices are not getting > updated /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* are hardlinked to the one in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default > other issue: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-funcitions does look > for defaults in /etc/sysconfig/networking/default, not > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* are hardlinked to the one in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default >other issue: how to setup eth0-aliases????? add Ethernet/Tab Hardware Device/Enable Device Alias support > 1.install system > 2.start neat > 3.try to set netmask , checking through all tabs. > > Actual Results: couldnt find netmask setting possibilty/disable-swtich for > dhcpd-requestbased network setting > > Expected Results: find proper areas to define things Tab Devices/Edit/Tab Protocols/Edit/Tab TCP/IP
harald, please test the following: install the system using dhcp run neat (but dont do anything) run netconfig compare files. on my system they were different i will run more detailed tests after Dec 2nd thomas
I tested neat on a Dell 2300 sytem in the office and performed the following test: 1. Installed 7.2 with DHCP networking. 2. After install ran neat to create /etc/sysconfig/networking directory and contents 3. Ran netconfig to change the networking settings from DHCP to static (used an unused ip for static test) 4. Performed a "service network start | stop" to test the new settings, but the original dhcp settings held. 5. A reboot of the system setup the machine with the new static environment. Michael