On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 5:24 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 02/14/2014 02:06 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:28 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Two days ago, one of my workstations upgrade a ton of packages. It is not
>>> on SL 6.5. This workstation uses static networking.
>>>
>>> Two things showed up that are of concern (both messed up my
>>> firewall script which reads and uses these values):
>>>
>>> 1) my "GATEWAY=" setting was removed from /etc/sysconfig/network
>>> and moved to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
>>>
>>> "ifup eth1" will now read the "GATEWAY=" from ifcfg-eth1. If moved back
>>> to
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network, ifup will no longer read it.
>>>
>>> Has "GATEWAY" in /etc/sysconfig/network been depreciated?
>>>
>>> 2) in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1, "BOOTPROTO=" got changed
>>> from "static" to "none".
>>>
>>> Has this also been depreciated?
>>>
>>> Anyone know of a working document from Red Hat dealing with
>>> what is current for ifcfg-ethx and /etc/sysconfig/network?
>>
>> GATEWAY works whether it's in network or ifcfg-*.
>
> That is what I though. Not any more (I did test this).

Setting NETWORK in either "/etc/sysconfig/network" or
"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* works for me.

"/etc/sysconfig/network" is sourced in
"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth".


>> "static" has always been incorrect because it isn't a boot protocol.
>
> It was at one time. But, apparently got removed from
> RHEL 6:
> https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/361

This is the date that cobbler realized that it wasn't a valid option.

These are the RHEL 4 and 5 versions:

https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/initscripts.git/tree/sysconfig.txt?h=rhel4-branch

https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/initscripts.git/tree/sysconfig.txt?h=rhel5-branch

Neither has "static"; it was a mistake that didn't have a nefarious
effect because of the way that the ifup scripts are set up.