On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Jim Dishaw (dishawjp) wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Just finished installing and am in the process of configuring FC3. Overall > > the install seems to have gone well, but I have a minor issue configuring my > > ethernet card. In the past, I have always aliased "/sbin/ifup eth0" to > > "net" and "/sbin/ifdown eth0" to "nonet" > > I would edit my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to include the > > lines: USERCTL=yes and ONBOOT=no and everything would work. With FC3, I get > > the error message "users cannot control this device." I am able to run > > "neat" and bring the interface up or down through that though. > > > > Any thoughts on what I'm missing here? > > Have you set USERCTL=yes ? well, he claims he did above, but that would be my first guess at what he overlooked. rday