Description of problem: When configuring a network interface to activate on computer start (eth0) and an alias to not activate on start (eth0:1), both interfaces get started on boot or with ifup eth0. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redhat-config-network-1.2.0-2 initscripts-7.14-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure a eth0 interface (mine is a static IP) and yes to 'Activate on computer start' 2. Configure a eth0:1 interface and no to 'Activate on computer start' 3. ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 or reboot 4. ifconfig Actual results: eth0:1 is active and up Expected results: only eth0 is up. eth0:1 should not be configured. Additional info: This is an interaction problem between redhat-config-network and ifup-aliases. redhat-config-network sets an ONBOOT variable and ifup-aliases looks for an ONPARENT variable to control this. ifup-aliases doesn't distinguish between boot time and running the ifup command. Also the initscript documentation doesn't mention the ONPARENT variable. See bug #90231 submitted to ifup-aliases.
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