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Bug 678417 - IPv4: Connection 'assume' doesn't work for implicit automatic configurations
IPv4: Connection 'assume' doesn't work for implicit automatic configurations
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: general
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Pavel Simerda
Dan Williams
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-06-19 17:00 UTC by Pavel Simerda
Modified: 2012-07-30 21:02 UTC
See Also:
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Description Pavel Simerda 2012-06-19 17:00:39 UTC 
A configuration with no [ipv4] is automatically treated as automatic (DHCP). But the 'assume' code fails to recognise it as such and tears the connection down.

Patch will be added promptly.
Comment 2 Pavel Simerda 2012-06-19 17:08:16 UTC 
NetworkManager.conf:

[main]
plugins=ifcfg-rh
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=mac:52:54:00:8e:93:da

system-connections/Test:

[connection]
id=Test
uuid=f3baee14-0320-45ca-a6b3-dec85a50a9f9
type=802-3-ethernet

[802-3-ethernet]
mac-address=52:54:00:eb:e9:fb
Comment 3 Dan Williams 2012-06-19 17:10:03 UTC 
Patch from comment 1 looks like the right approach.
Comment 4 Pavel Simerda 2012-07-10 08:54:03 UTC 
Please apply :).