Bug 668395 – Kickstart network command doesn't reconfigure active connection (unlike in rhel 5).

Bug 668395 - Kickstart network command doesn't reconfigure active connection (unlike in rhel 5).

Summary:	Kickstart network command doesn't reconfigure active connection (unlike in rh...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Radek Vykydal
QA Contact:	Release Test Team
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Duplicates:	666536 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2011-01-10 07:09 EST by Radek Vykydal
Modified:	2011-05-19 08:36 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	anaconda-13.21.92-1
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2011-05-19 08:36:49 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2011:0530	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	anaconda bug fix and enhancement update	2011-05-18 13:44:52 EDT

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Description Radek Vykydal 2011-01-10 07:09:08 EST

Description of problem:

In RHEL 5, first kickstart network command reactivated active network device with new configuration. In RHEL 6.0 it doesn't.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RHEL 6.0

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install using kickstart from network, set network configuration on cmdline.
2. In kickstart have network command for the device activated/used to get kicktart with different configuration.
  
Actual results:

After kickstart is fetched the configuration from kickstart is not applied.
You can check with ifconfig on tty2 when available.

Expected results:

The configuration from kickstart file is applied and the device is reconfigured after fetching kickstart.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Radek Vykydal 2011-01-12 04:04:05 EST

*** Bug 666536 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 RHEL Product and Program Management 2011-01-19 10:30:24 EST

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 5 Radek Vykydal 2011-01-26 08:41:27 EST

This should be fixed in anaconda-13.21.92-1.

Comment 7 Alexander Todorov 2011-03-30 05:52:32 EDT

With anaconda-13.21.107-1.el6 the network configuration from ks.cfg was applied on top of the previous configuration passed on the command line. Moving to VERIFIED.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 08:36:49 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0530.html

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