2009-12-05 22:10:00
Why the frag does the IPv4 networking setup on Red Hat and Fedora Linii need to be so damn complicated? I've just spent half an hour Googling to find the right commands to ensure that my Fedora 12 VM in Parallels configures its eth0 at boot time. Seriously, compare the two:
Solaris 10:
1. Enter hostname and IP in /etc/hosts
2. Enter hostname in /etc/hostname.ni0
3. Enter network base IP and netmask in /etc/netmasks
Fedora 12:
1. Run system-config-network. Fill out all details.
2. Enter hostname and IP in /etc/hosts
3. Enter hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network
4. Set "ONBOOT" to yes in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
5. Run: chkconfig --level 35 network on
Seriously, who the fsck comes up with that last line?! I already have the network startup scripts in /etc/init.d and everything in /etc/sysconfig is set up and I -still- need to enable the network config to be loaded at boot time? WTF?! A few years back I had the same fights with setting up static routes that needed to be carried over reboots.
I fscking hate Red Hat.
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Posted by Thomas
You're right about NetworkManager! That's the only thing the Fedora manuals mentioned. Actually, the whole PDF only discusses GUI tools, as you said... Unfortunately I don't really work with RHES, because I wasn't about to shell out for the license.
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2009-12-08 16:20:00
Posted by natxo asenjo
hi,
it probably has to do with NetworkManager. Fedora is following the linux desktop trend and the network daemon is stopped by default. It's one of the things I turn off on my fedora desktops (not on the laptops though).
Red Hat is quite nice once you know how it works, actually ;-)
Unfortunately, editing text files seems to become a lost art. It is asking too much of a user to do so.