Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 953123
can't set Cloned MAC Address for VLAN
Last modified: 2013-11-21 16:50:08 EST
Description of problem: Not able to set Cloned MAC Address for VLAN connection, filed goes empty after apply and reopen in nm-connection-manager. The Cloned MAC Address value does not write to ifcfg file as well. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.8.1-43.el6 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create VLAN profile 2. try to set up Cloned MAC Address 3. Actual results: MAC will not save and change Expected results: should be saved and changed Additional info: cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-VLAN_connection_1 VLAN=yes TYPE=Vlan DEVICE=vlan100 PHYSDEV=eth1 VLAN_ID=100 REORDER_HDR=0 BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.122.177 PREFIX=24 DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME="VLAN connection 1" UUID=87fc8fac-49a3-49f2-8fec-0c2820cabe1a ONBOOT=yes
This is the problem in nm-connection-editor. The "parent interface" combo box doesn't set active item when initialized. It causes Cloned MAC and MTU not being saved when "Parent interface" was not re-selected (touched).
Created attachment 772263 [details] [PATCH] editor: correcly save VLAN MAC address and MTU This patch for RHEL6 fixes the issue. It is based on an upstream commit, however the commit had to be edited a bit for RHEL 6.5.
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-2013-1670.html