Hi Fabrice, Thank you
There was a bug issue already reported on this and I added my info to it. Apparently there is a patch already committed but I have yet to get it and test. Tony On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 00:42, Fabrice Durand via PacketFence-users <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > can you open a issue on github about that ? > (https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/issues) > > It's more a bug. > > Regards > > Fabrice > > > Le 19-02-27 à 18 h 39, Tony W via PacketFence-users a écrit : > > Hi Fabrice, > > > > Just getting back to you on the issue of naming interfaces "the old > > way" in CentOS7.6 > > > > I have discovered that there is an issue using the "old" aming > > convention method with PacketFence and Centos 7.6, as shown in the > > link below. > > > > https://sites.google.com/site/syscookbook/rhel/rhel-network-interface-rename-rhel7 > > > > PF strips the MAC address from the ifcfg-ethX when saving changes. > > Centos relies on the MAC address being in the ifcfg-ethX file. > > Example of PF generated ifcfg-eth0: > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > > > DEVICE=eth0 > > HWADDR= > > ONBOOT=yes > > BOOTPROTO=static > > NM_CONTROLLED=no > > IPADDR=192.168.1.200 > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > > > This is what it should look like > > > > DEVICE=eth0 > > NAME=eth0 > > HWADDR=ab:cd:ef:12:34:56 > > ONBOOT=yes > > BOOTPROTO=static > > NM_CONTROLLED=no > > IPADDR=192.168.1.200 > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > > > > The second listing has the MAC address and the NAME. According to the > > documentation I have found, CentOS7/RHEL7 requires the HWADDR and NAME > > to be populated. > > > > Centos7 uses "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules" to set up the > > interfaces with the correct name. > > > > Example for the above scenario: > > > > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > > ATTR{address}=="ab:cd:ef:12:34:56", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", > > NAME="eth0" > > > > When you pass "net.ifnames=0" to the kernel during boot, and have > > "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules" correctly populated, the > > system will correctly assign the interfaces so that you get consistent > > assignment of IP addresses to the correct physical ports. > > > > If you boot Centos7 after PF has saved the configuration, the system > > comes back with the "normal" em1, em2 etc. names and creates files > > like ifcfg-em1 > > This effectively disables PF. > > > > Is there an easy way of getting PF to not strip the MAC address and > > NAME from the ifcfg-eth0 file? I have not been able to find anywhere > > in the GUI to add a MAC address. > > > > Is there somewhere I can make a mod to fix this? Not sure if many > > people use the "old" way but there are a few benefits in doing so in > > certain circumstances. > > Maybe this could be added in an update or a patch... > > > > Tony > > > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 01:20, Fabrice Durand via PacketFence-users > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Tony, > >> > >> Le 19-02-17 à 23 h 22, Tony W via PacketFence-users a écrit : > >>> Hi Fabrice, > >>> > >>> Thank you for that. > >>> > >>> So for PF, set 1 external interface (WAN) with Internet access (Inline) > > ... > > ... > >>> Just a quick question specific to CentOS 7.6 and PF. > >>> > >>> CentOS 7.x issues interface names like em1, em2, p2p1, p2p2 etc., > >>> instead of the old style eth0, eth1... > >>> > >>> Will PF still work OK, if I change this to the old style (See link below)? > >>> > >>> https://sites.google.com/site/syscookbook/rhel/rhel-network-interface-rename-rhel7 > >> Yes it will work. > >>> I feel more comfortable using the old interface naming convention and > >>> the above procedure works well:-) > >>> > >> Regards > >> > >> Fabrice > > ... > > > >> -- > >> Fabrice Durand > >> [email protected] :: +1.514.447.4918 (x135) :: www.inverse.ca > >> Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (http://www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence > >> (http://packetfence.org) > >> > > ... > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PacketFence-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PacketFence-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users > > -- > Fabrice Durand > [email protected] :: +1.514.447.4918 (x135) :: www.inverse.ca > Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (http://www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence > (http://packetfence.org) > > > > _______________________________________________ > PacketFence-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users _______________________________________________ PacketFence-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
