On 10/02/2012 03:03 PM, thus Reindl Harald spake: > > Am 02.10.2012 15:00, schrieb Timo Schoeler: >> Hi, >> >> I accidentally found that the existence of a file e.g. named >> ifcfg-eth1:1 put in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ leads to the >> appropriate interface being created even with the option 'ONBOOT' set to >> 'no': >> >> DEVICE="eth1:1" >> BOOTPROTO="static" >> NM_CONTROLLED="no" >> ONBOOT="no" >> TYPE="Ethernet" >> IPADDR=12.34.56.78 >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 >> >> Is that intended behaviour? > > yes because what you want is ONPARENT since it > is a pseudo device to assign more than one IP > to a physical NIC *facepalm Thanks, yes.