Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:01:35 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: fixed: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup Message-ID: <200502111701.MAA2233749@shell.TheWorld.com> References: <200502110700.CAA2221314@shell.TheWorld.com> <200502111248.HAA2236362@shell.TheWorld.com> <200502111358.IAA2201639@shell.TheWorld.com>
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>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:51:00 -0600
>From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
>To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@theworld.com>
>Subject: Re: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup
>Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
>
>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:58:02 -0500 (EST), Kenneth W Cochran
>> >> >> Hello -stable:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any idea(s) why (my) 5.3-stable (as of 9 February) isn't
>> >> >> configuring the network interface or setting up the default route?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I installed 5.3-release from CD and things worked fine.
>> >> >> Then I updated the system sources (via cvsup) to RELENG_5 and
>> >> >> went through {build,install}world/mergemaster/reboot as outlined
>> >
>
>what does your /etc/rc.conf look like?
/etc/rc.conf did not change between OS versions.
See below... Thanks :)
-kc
Original message:
>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:00:39 -0500 (EST)
>From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@theworld.com>
>To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
>Subject: 5.3-stable doesn't ifconfig at startup
>
>Hello -stable:
>
>Any idea(s) why (my) 5.3-stable (as of 9 February) isn't
>configuring the network interface or setting up the default route?
>
>I installed 5.3-release from CD and things worked fine.
>Then I updated the system sources (via cvsup) to RELENG_5 and
>went through {build,install}world/mergemaster/reboot as outlined
>in /usr/src/UPDATING and now I get no network interfaces
>configured & no default route set. I've tracked RELENG_4 for
>years with nothing like this ever happening. Kernel has not been
>reconfigured (yet), it's still GENERIC, albeit RELENG_5 now.
>
>In looking through the rc scripts, it appears that network
>interface(s) are being renamed but I see no references to this
>in, say, UPDATING or errara or other documentation. Any ideas?
>Pointers to documentation are welcome. :)
Ok, found the problem - turned out to be the *filemode(s)* of the
updated bits in /etc/rc.d/*. The "netif" script was filemode
644, rendering it not "executable." Changing its filemode to
555 (and that of other updated scripts as well), as per
installation, fixed it.
Background: Upon installation, with only a couple of exceptions
(oversights?) all the files in /etc/rc.d are root:wheel and mode
555 (-r-xr-xr-x). Rather than using mergemaster to replace the
updated files/scripts (reason: I want to preserve cvsup dates and
previous versions of /etc-pieces and mergemaster timestamps the
files as of mergemaster-time), I merely copied (-p) the updated
files from /usr/src/rc.d/*. It appears that mergemaster does,
however, fix the owner:group:filemode of whatever it installs.
This points up another question or two:
How can I make sure that I have "correct"/proper owner:group:mode
within the "system?" It looks to me like install{world,kernel}
fix them but what of /etc? In other words, how can I "audit" the
permissions in the system in general and /etc in particular?
Can mergemaster preserve the file modification time(s) of what it
installs (from /usr/src/*)?
Documentation pointers welcome. :)
Thanks to all,
-kc
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