Re: [webmin-devel] redhat 9 virtual network interfaces

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 18:54, Thomas Weiss wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think there is a little bug in the network module for redhat?
> 
> Redhat 9:
> To activate or deactivate virtual interfaces at boot time, RH uses the
> variable ONPARENT and not on ONBOOT (ONBOOT is used only for "real" 
> interfaces).
> 
> Redhat <9:
> "Virtual interfaces such as ifcfg-eth0:1 didn't honor ONBOOT=no, they
> were always brought up with parent interface." (www.gurulabs.com)
> 
> Have a look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases and
> http://www.gurulabs.com/RedHatLinux9-review.html.
> 
> I tried to fix it for RH-9. (For RH < 9 can_edit has also to be fixed?)
> Perhaps the patch is useful for others too.

Thanks for that patch - I will fix webmin in the next release to set
ONPARENT for redhat versions 9 and above. Do you know if any other
recent distributions (like Mandrake 9.1) have also incorporated the same
change?

 - Jamie