Gene Heskett wrote: > Wandering around in the /etc/sysconfig tree, I find that there seem to > be a minimum of 3 each of all the ifcfg-xxxx scripts scattered around. > And while I don't seem to be able to see any links, if I update one of > them, the other 2 will appear to have been updated at the same time. > > No damned wonder I can edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts version > of ifcfg-wlan0, restart that interface and then see that iwconfig nor > ifconfig appear to reflect the changes I've made. > > So which is the master version of these files, and how many of the > friggin dupes can I actually nuke to get rid of the effect of trying to > make a change and having that change ignored? > > Right now there are: > root@diablo sysconfig]# ls -lL `locate ifcfg-wlan0` > -rw-r--r-- 3 root root 314 May 10 21:21 > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0 > -rw-r--r-- 3 root root 314 May 10 21:21 > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-wlan0 > -rw-r--r-- 3 root root 314 May 10 21:21 > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 > > Can anyone explain just what the heck is going on here? This is driving > me to drink, which I don't mind all that much within limits (2 beers, > I'm diabetic), but its making me buy the gas too! > 2 words "Hard Link". Do an "ls -i" on the files and you will see they all have the same inode. Ed -- There is very little future in being right when your boss is wrong.
