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Bug 791335

Summary:	Initscripts sys-unconfig does not populate ifcfg-ethX files
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Scott Croft <secroft>
Component:	system-config-network	Assignee:	Harald Hoyer <harald>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Branislav Blaškovič <bblaskov>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	5.7	CC:	lmiksik, psklenar, rvokal
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	The text user interface version of the system-config-network service, system-config-network-tui, did not store the network configuration correctly after the system was cleaned with the sys-unconfig command. As a consequence, no network configuration was stored in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory. With this update, even if no previous configuration exists, system-config-network-tui stores the configuration in that directory as expected. As a result, a network configured with system-config-network-tui works after executing sys-unconfig.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2014-09-16 00:17:59 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	1049888

Description Scott Croft 2012-02-16 19:27:12 UTC

Description of problem: When starting up a system and it is configured after previously running sys-unconfig, the ifcfg-ethX files are not populated with the data/information supplied.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-8.45.38-2.el5


How reproducible: every time a new host is booted


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Execute sys-unconfig
2. Shut machine down
3. Boot up and follow steps for configuring the host
4. At the network step, fill in correct information for the network
5. Navigate to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and see if the ifcfg-ethX files are populated with the correct information.
  
Actual results:

The ifcfg-ethX files have no information

Expected results:

The ifcfg-ethX files should have the provided information

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2012-02-16 19:38:02 UTC

In RHEL 5, network configuration at this step is done by system-config-network-tui. Reassigning.

Comment 4 Branislav Blaškovič 2014-06-03 12:59:36 UTC

I can verify, that system-config-network-tui after sys-unconfig fill network-scripts (and /etc/resolv.conf) right. (IP, netmask, gateway, dns,.)

Testing with: system-config-network-1.3.99.23-1.el5

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-09-16 00:17:59 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1195.html