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Description of problem:
When a system boots it brings up the network interfaces eth0 eth1 etc.
In some cases there is a good reason to use more than one IP Address on an
interface,
for example eth0:1 eth0:2 etc.
In some cases it is necessary to selectively bring up those virtual interfaces.
Say eth0:1 but not eth0:2
To do this we use the ONBOOT=yes or ONBOOT=no in the ifcfg-eth0:1 etc.

However in RedHat9 this directive is ignored for virtual interfaces.

The problem lies in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases

      if [ "$no_devices_are_up" = "yes" ]; then
               setup_this=yes
      else
               ...
      fi

To give this  a quick fix I changed it to:  (NOTE != )
       if [ "X$ONBOOT" != "Xyes" ]; then
               setup_this=no
       elif [ "$no_devices_are_up" = "yes" ]; then
               setup_this=yes
       else
                ...
       fi


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-7.14-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set ONBOOT=no in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:4
2. Reboot machine or service network restart
3. run ifconfig to find eth0:4 up
    

Actual Results:  interface eth0:4 was up

Expected Results:  interface eth0:4 should not be up

Additional info:

I am submitting as a security fix as it may open up an interface when it was not
expected
and a security policy may not take this into account