is DEVICE in ifcfg-* redundant?

[Laurent Rineau]

On Friday 10 August 2007 13:33:55 Stepan Kasal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> in most cases, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-foo contains
> DEVICE=foo
>
> 1) Are there cases, where the file name differs from ifcfg-$DEVICE?

On my machine, I have several icfg-$STUFF where STUFF is not a device name, 
but a sort of config name.

For example, I have some files like ifcfg-PierreHome, with DEVICE=eth1, that 
allows me to set up a network with "ifup PierreHome", when I am not at home.

Nowdays, I prefere to use NetworkManager, instead of ifup, but ifup is a 
fallback when I debug NetworkManager.

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