sysconfig ifcfg-* support for running custom post-up scripts per interface?

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Fri Jan 22 16:37:51 UTC 2010


Richard Zidlicky (rz at linux-m68k.org) said: 
> > .. just wondering why it's under /sbin and not under 
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
> > 
> > It doesn't feel very good to add custom configuration under /sbin.
> 
> same opinion here. I have actually used this for a while, adds one more thing
> that needs be verified after system upgrades, not very nice. 

Realistically, the conglomeration of configuration and scripts in
/etc/sysconfing/network-scripts was never thought out well. But it's
not worth dealing with the historical baggage to change it now.

Bill


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