/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 destroyed after the most recent F8 updates

[Joachim Backes]

Hi,

very weird:

after installing the most recent F8 updates, in a lot of my machines (not all!!) after reboot the 
NIC information is destroyed, that is, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 has been 
overwritten and altered to DHCP protocol.

Regards

[Roger Heflin]

Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> very weird:
>
> after installing the most recent F8 updates, in a lot of my machines 
> (not all!!) after reboot the NIC information is destroyed, that is, 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 has been overwritten and 
> altered to DHCP protocol.
>
> Regards

Is there a common network interface card used on the ones that were destroyed 
vs. the ones that were ok?

The auto config tools key off of certain things, and if it thought that the 
network interface was replaced with a new one it would do something similar to 
what you are describing, kudzu is the tool that does this, and it can be 
troublesome in some cases.

Roger