Re: redhat--config-network corrupts my hosts-file

From: Harry Hoffman (hhoffman_at_ip-solutions.net)
Date: 02/26/04

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:19:36 -0500

    The problem with these GUI tools, especially redhat-config-network is that they
    don't operate on the standard setup of files for configuring the network.
    For the case in point redhat-config-network operates on files in
    /etc/sysconfig/networking (as opposed to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts -- which
    had become the "redhat standard" in previous releases).

    Until the GUI tools are bulletproof I would advise to stay away. They are
    supposed to make configuration easier but all that the really do is create
    confusion (on the system) and dumb-down the admin.

    Cheers,
    Harry

    Quoting Matthew Saltzman <mjs@ces.clemson.edu>:

    *> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Harry Hoffman wrote:
    *>
    *> > Don't run "redhat-config-network" :-)
    *> > All of the files are in /etc/sysconfig/
    *>
    *> And report the bug. These GUI tools are useful, especially for newbies,
    *> and they are getting better. But the improvement process depends on
    *> people reporting problems so they can be fixed, rather than just
    *> abandoning them.
    *>
    *> >
    *> > Cheers,
    *> > Harry 

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