On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 21:32 -0600, David S. Ahern wrote:
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> On 04/18/2010 12:26 PM, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 22:55 -0600, David S. Ahern wrote:
> >>
> >> On 04/17/2010 10:09 PM, Amos Kong wrote:
> >>> %post --interpreter /usr/bin/python
> >>> import socket, os
> >>> os.system('dhclient')
> >>> os.system('chkconfig sshd on')
> >>> os.system('iptables -F')
> >>> os.system('echo 0 > /selinux/enforce')
> >>> server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
> >>> server.bind(('', 12323))
> >>> server.listen(1)
> >>> (client, addr) = server.accept()
> >>> client.send("done")
> >>> client.close()
> >>
> >> So, effectively after the install completes use dhclient to configure a
> >> network address, start a server on a known port and when a client
> >> connects send the message "done". I would expect that to work just fine.
> > 
> > Me too, it has been working for RHEL 4.X, 5.X 32/64 bit and 3.X 64 bit.
> > The problem has been effectively 3.9 32 bit.
> 
> I fired up a 3.9 guest with your ks.cfg. The problem is due to the
> limited functionality in the RHEL3 BOOT kernel for i386. Specifically,
> dhclient is failing at:
> 
> setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ATTACH_FILTER, "\v__PLACEHOLDER__0_0Y\n", 8) =
> -1 ENOPROTOOPT
> 
> So dhclient client is out. But you can still configure and use
> networking via ifconfig if static addressing is an option for you. I was
> able to use that command to configure eth0 and push an strace output
> file for dhclient.
> 
> Also, a couple of comments on this use case:
> - SELinux is not applicable
> - 32 GB of RAM is way beyond what the RHEL3 i386 can detect and use
> - 12 vcpus seems high as well.

Problem resolved :) Yay!

http://autotest.kernel.org/changeset/4432

Thank you very much David,


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