configuring eth0

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:

> Jim Dishaw (dishawjp) wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Just finished installing and am in the process of configuring FC3.  Overall
> > the install seems to have gone well, but I have a minor issue configuring my
> > ethernet card.  In the past, I have always aliased "/sbin/ifup eth0" to
> > "net" and "/sbin/ifdown eth0" to "nonet"
> > I would edit my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to include the
> > lines: USERCTL=yes and ONBOOT=no and everything would work.  With FC3, I get
> > the error message "users cannot control this device."  I am able to run
> > "neat" and bring the interface up or down through that though.
> >
> > Any thoughts on what I'm missing here?
>
> Have you set USERCTL=yes ?

well, he claims he did above, but that would be my first guess at what
he overlooked.

rday