On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:21 +0100, Boris Glawe wrote: > Hello, > > The configuration for networkinterfaces is kept in > /etc/sysconfig/networking/. > > in profiles/default/ and in devices/ there are two identical files for > each device. > > Why is the configuration for a networkinterface stored twice? > It is actually only stored once. It has 3 hard links to each file, the two you name above and in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts as well. This latter one is the original location. Changing the contents in any one changes all. I do not know exactly why they chose to create the additional links but I suspect it was influenced by the ability to create profiles for networking. > Here's what I am going to do: > I'd like to manually add configuration files to many clients. Each > client needs an additional interface, though it has only one physical > interface. Thus I'd like to add "eth0:1" as a virtual interface. > > Is it correct to only copy a file containing the approriate > configuration called "ifcfg-eth0:1" to > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices? Or do I also have to copy the file to > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/? > > thanks in advance! > > greets Boris >
