redhat--config-network corrupts my hosts-file

[Harry Hoffman]

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 at 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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Harry Hoffman
hhoffman at ip-solutions.net

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