Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 595386
NETWORKWAIT not documented
Last modified: 2014-03-16 23:23:45 EDT
Description of problem: Network (controlled by NetworkManager) is not up when first attempt to mount nfsshares is done. Settings NETWORKWAIT=yes in /etc/sysconfig/network solves the problem. Use of NETWORKWAIT in /etc/sysconfig/network (used by /etc/init.d/NetworkManager) is not documented in /usr/share/doc/initscripts-9.02.2/sysconfig.txt Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 9.02.2-1 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
+1 here I'm just looking for answer why dhcpd service does not start at boot if NetworkManager is enabled (bug #565921) and found several bugs where you (Bill) or Dan Williams advise to set NETWORKWAIT in /etc/sysconfig/network. Like in: - bug #441658 - bug #443409 - bug #447036 - bug #447442 - http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2010/04/07/networkmanager-on-server-type-machines-or-why-our-initscripts-suck/ So why is it not documented in sysconfig.txt ? I know NETWORKWAIT is used only by NM and not by initscripts, but where else should it be documented than in sysconfig.txt ? I suggest something like: NETWORKWAIT=yes|no Set to 'yes' to cause NetworManager's initscript to block for 30 seconds or until a network connection is fully brought up. This is useful in scenarios where some service refuses to start during boot if there isn’t network fully up.
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=b3f6e39adc4627af2f781cff87f961246fbe6ac0 Will be in rawhide and likely some future F13 update.