Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 78043
doesn't erase GATEWAY= in /etc/sysconfig/network
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:04 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: redhat-config-network is unable to undefine the GATEWAY= variable in /etc/sysconfig/network, although it reads the Default Gateway Address from that file (if the variable is set) and displays it together with the network device settings from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*. This bites users with new installations as well as upgrades (I think the installer sets that variable if the user enters network configuration upon installation). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0.0-1 (Valhalla, Psyche) 1.0.3-1 (test) How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. use the installer to define a NIC with statically assigned IP address, enter a "Default Gateway Address" // alternatively use redhat-config-network to set up the network device and use an editor to define a GATEWAY= host in /etc/sysconfig/network 2. start redhat-config-network 3. click "Edit" for your network device (e.g. eth0) 4. notice the "Default Gateway Address" is the one from /etc/sysconfig/network 5. delete the gateway > OK > Apply > Close 6. cat /etc/sysconfig/network (or watch your network device config with redhat-config-network again) The gateway in /etc/sysconfig/network wasn't deleted. And it is back in redhat-config-network next time you start that tool.
An errata 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 the 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-2003-183.html