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| -rw-r--r-- | sysconfig.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth | 2 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt index a4d830c1..fbb11535 100644 --- a/sysconfig.txt +++ b/sysconfig.txt @@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ the '-1' option is given to dhclient. If PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=yes, then dhclient will keep on trying to contact the dhcp server when it does not respond - no '-1' - option is given to dhclient. + option is given to dhclient. Note: this disables the automatic + checking for the presence of a link before starting dhclient. DHCPRELEASE=yes|no|1|0 With this option set to 'yes' (1), when a dhcp configured interface is brought down with 'ifdown', the lease will be diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth index b9a00f13..2b829e00 100755 --- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth +++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ if [ -n "${DYNCONFIG}" -a -x /sbin/dhclient ]; then DHCLIENTARGS="${DHCLIENTARGS} ${ONESHOT} -q ${DHCLIENTCONF} -lf /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-${DEVICE}.leases -pf /var/run/dhclient-${DEVICE}.pid" echo echo -n $"Determining IP information for ${DEVICE}..." - if check_link_down ${DEVICE}; then + if [[ "${PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT}" != [yY1]* ]] && check_link_down ${DEVICE}; then echo $" failed; no link present. Check cable?" ip link set dev ${DEVICE} down >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 1 |