Re: Questions on Red Hat 6.0

[Michael Elkins <Michael_Elkins nai com>]

Change /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifup to use dhcpcd instead of pump.
Worked for me.  RedHat is aware of this problem.

me

On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 11:32:58AM -0400, Michael J. McGillick wrote:
> I've seen this question asked on several different lists and sources, but
> have yet to find a complete answer to it.  Using Red Hat 5.2 and a cable
> modem, DHCP works just fine.  I know that the script was calling DHCPD to
> grab all of the networking information I needed for my system, IE. Hostname,
> IP Address, DNS, etc.  I also know that this has changed with 6.0.  I'm
> aware that now, the script is calling pump, even though I selected DHCP in
> the install.  This is not a problem, but pump is only getting my IP Address.
> /etc/resolv.conf is being left blank, as well of the information in
> /etc/sysconfig/network.  I read the man page for the package, but it doesn't
> mention how to set it up so that you tell pump to get all of the
> information.
> 
> Is pump designed to only get the IP address, or is something else happening
> here that is causing the other files (resolv.conf, etc.) to not be
> populated?  I am running version pump-0.6.4-1 as was released by Red Hat in
> their 6.0 distribution.