On 2011/10/13 07:15, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Vladimir Mosgalin
> <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>   On 2011.10.12 at 18:28:02 -0700, jdow wrote next:
>>
>>>>>   Is it possible under SL6.1 to run a script (or insert commands in
>>>>> ifcfg-ethX files) when a nic is up, immediatly after network script
>>>>> runs?? Like for example it can do with debian/ubuntu: post-up
>>>>> post-down.
>>>>
>>>> /sbin/ifup-pre-local and /sbin/ifdown-pre-local are executed (if exist)
>>>> before bringing interface up&    down
>>>>
>>>> /sbin/ifup-local and /sbin/ifup-local are executed (if exist) after
>>>> bringing interface up&    down and setting up routes.
>>>>
>>>> Argument to each will be interface name. Note that if you have aliases,
>>>> this script will be called for each alias.
>>>
>>> OK, I have such a file that I still have to manually run when the system
>>> reboots. I get no error messages nor is the file run.
>>>
>>> # ls --lcontext /sbin/ifup-local
>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0       root root 329 Jul 25
>>> 13:30 /sbin/ifup-local
>>
>> Is your network setup managed by "network" service or NetworkManager? If
>> later, I don't think it cares about these local scripts at all..
>>
>> If you are using "network", try to find out if it runs or not by putting
>> something simple inside, like
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> echo "$@">  /tmp/ifup-local-test
>>
>> If you need NetworkManager, I don't think I can give any advice on how
>> to make it work when NM manages network..
>
> For NM, you can use "/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/" (never tried it myself).

Old way works. NetworkManager seems to be a fix that breaks what worked. Not
good.

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