what's behind the scenes of redhat-config-network-gui ?

[Aaron Bennett]

Harald --

Thanks again.  I tried again using redhat-config-network-1.2.15-1, 
redhat-config-network-tui-1.2.15-1, and rhpl-0.93.4-1, and it is still 
broken.

Here's a reproducer:

1.  kickstart a box fresh
2.  install latest versions of r-c-n, r-c-n-tui, and rhpl
3.  click Hat menu / System Settings / Network
4.  click "new"
5.  select wireless connection
6.  select the first wireless card from the "select wireless device" 
menu.  (in my case, it's "Lucent Orinoco and Prism II-based PCMCIA 
wireless (eth1)")
7.  enter the WEP key in the Key section of next screen
8.  click next, then apply
9.  /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1:

# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Wireless
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:02:2d:6c:a8:5d
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
DOMAIN=
NETMASK=
ESSID=
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
KEY=s:{my web key}
RATE=11Mb/s

[root at studentc640 root]# rpm -qa redhat-config-network
redhat-config-network-1.2.15-1
[root at studentc640 root]# rpm -qa redhat-config-network-tui
redhat-config-network-tui-1.2.15-1
[root at studentc640 root]# rpm -qa rhpl
rhpl-0.93.4-1



Should I open a new bugzilla report, or attach this to existing bug @ 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88566 ?



Harald Hoyer wrote:

>better try the version from:
>ftp://people.redhat.com/harald/redhat-config-network/1.2.15-RH9
>
>Am Do, 2003-08-07 um 14.35 schrieb Aaron Bennett:
>  
>
>>Harald --
>>
>>That's good news.  I tried using redhat-config-network-1.3.1-1 from 
>>rawhide, and the bug is still there.  It's somewhat different from the 
>>bugzilla report posted above, however.  
>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88566 is regarding 
>>improperly importing an existing wep key.  What I've found here is that 
>>when you create a new wireless connection, it inserts "s:" into the new 
>>key that I've just entered via the GUI.
>>
>>Am I using the corrected version?  I didn't mess with the initscripts.  
>>However, I did update redhat-config-network-tui and rhpl.  
>>(redhat-config-network-tui=1.3.1-1, rhpl=0.108-2).
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>Harald Hoyer wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>the bugfix erratum is in the rhn queue. i didn't want to release 
>>>another buggy version, so it took me 15 versions to stabilize it ... 
>>>1.2.15 will  soon hit your up2date.
>>>if you use the rawhide version you have to update your initscripts as 
>>>well..
>>>
>>>Aaron Bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>excellent.  I see there's an update in rawhide as well.
>>>>Just wondering... why isn't that update released as part of Red Hat 9 
>>>>updates, available on rhn and @ your friendly neighborhood apt 
>>>>repository?  How does Red Hat decide what makes something worth being 
>>>>release as part of the updates?
>>>>
>>>>William Hooper wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Aaron Bennett said:
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>rhllist at assursys.co.uk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>have you got a KEY="YOUR WEP KEY" line in
>>>>>>>/etc/sysconfig/networking/ifcfg-eth1 ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>ahhhh.  In /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth1, what I have is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>KEY="s:{MY WEP KEY}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I changed it, taking out the s:, and it now works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So, what is this "s:" in the KEY entry?  Where did it come from?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88566
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>


-- 
Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering