Les Mikesell wrote: >> The howto is indeed wrong I think you'll find. ifconfig does not go and >> look down /etc/sysconfig. > > It just omits the fact that the fedora/RH way of doing things is to > use the ifup and ifdown scripts to gather the saved configuration. > # man ifup > No manual entry for ifup > oops... > I guess we can't say RTFM here. > > Also no one has mentioned the circumstances in which the values from > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default are used instead of the > ones you expect. Probably because they can't find the documentation > about that either... Does anyone know what makes those files and what > triggers their use? > Well, even though there is not a man page for ifup, the scripts are documented as part of the initscripts package. Read the sysconfig.txt file in the /usr/share/doc/initscripts-<version>/directory. Maybe we need a man page pointing people to that file? Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
