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Bug 811117 - [RFE][virt-sysprep] net-hwaddr not removed from "ifcfg-*" files on rhel
Summary: [RFE][virt-sysprep] net-hwaddr not removed from "ifcfg-*" files on rhel
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libguestfs
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
high
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-10 07:47 UTC by Qin Guan
Modified: 2012-06-20 07:01 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libguestfs-1.16.18-2.el6
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
No Documentation needed
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 07:01:46 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0774 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:29:50 UTC

Description Qin Guan 2012-04-10 07:47:11 UTC 
Description of problem:
The HWADDR can not be removed from "ifcfg-*" file on RHEL system. "$type/$distro" has the value of "linux/rhel", which is not in the support list.

In the script, net-hwaddr can be removed only when "$type/$distro" is linux/fedora:

    if [ "$net_hwaddr" = "yes" ]; then
        case "$type/$distro" in
            linux/fedora)
            ...
        esac
    fi

Need to add redhat-based linux system into support list, like linux/fedora|linux/rhel|linux/centos|linux/scientificlinux. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libguestfs-tools-1.16.15-1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. on latest rhel6.3 host, update to use the latest libguestfs-tool (1.16.15-1.el6) package
2. provision a rhel6 kvm guest (named rhel6u2-x64)
3. reset the domain:
# virt-sysprep -d rhel6u2-x64
4. check HWADDR in the ifcfg-* file

Actual results:
The HWADDR is not removed from "ifcfg-*" files

Expected results:
The HWADDR is removed from "ifcfg-*" files. 

Additional info:
Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-04-10 13:21:25 UTC 
Upstream commit:
https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/5e054f873198b83947de328777d9ced3bfa39ad5

This fix will be backported to libguestfs 1.16.16.
Comment 3 Qixiang Wan 2012-04-17 07:07:36 UTC 
Verified with libguestfs-tools-1.16.18-2.el6.x86_64.

Before fix (libguestfs-tools-1.16.15-1.el6.x86_64):

# guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=52:54:00:19:22:B5  

# virt-sysprep -a rhel.raw
# guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=52:54:00:19:22:B5  

After fix:

# guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=52:54:00:19:22:B5  

# virt-sysprep -a rhel.raw
# guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
Comment 4 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-04-26 12:26:58 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
No Documentation needed
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 07:01:46 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/RHSA-2012-0774.html
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