Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:10:01 -0700 From: Mattias Karlsson <matte@sdf.luth.se> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: misc/535: Sysinstall takes down the network. Message-ID: <199506191910.MAA04894@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 19 Jun 1995 21:16:32 %2B0200 <199506191916.VAA21147@vortex.sdf.luth.se>
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>Number: 535 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Sysinstall takes down the network. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list) >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 19 12:10:00 1995 >Originator: Mattias Karlsson >Organization: Skelleftea Computer society >Release: FreeBSD 2.0.5-Release i386 >Environment: >Description: When i was installing today i logged in to one of out servers and started to read my mail and after a while my telnet hang. After some research i discovered that the sysinstall had both removed the default route and ifconfiged down the ethernet interface. My syggestion is to atleast warn before the network is taken down. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install a 2.0.5-RELEASE computer, telnet to another host and wait while sysinstall finishes. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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