netprofile=PROFILE doesn't work because there is a bug in the script /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit : # Boot time profiles. Yes, this should be somewhere else. if grep -q "netprofile=" /proc/cmdline ; then cmdline=`cat /proc/cmdline` for arg in cmdline ; do if [ "${arg##netprofile=}" != "${arg}" ]; then [ -x /usr/sbin/redhat-config-network-cmd ] && /usr/sbin/redhat-config-network-cmd --profile ${arg##netprofile=} fi done fi ==> the line for arg in cmdline ; do should be for arg in $cmdline ; do
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 72903 ***
huh? the duplicate does not seem to be the right one...
Woops.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 79171 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.