FC9: sysconfig network files behavior
Hello,
I am little confused on how the network sysconfig files all work for FC9..
I edit the file located at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and save it, but I notice two other files /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 and /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0 are also magically updated on the save of the one in network-scripts. I can also modify the other two and all are updated as well. How are these files getting updated? I thought it was a symbolic link, but doing ls -al doesn't show them pointing to anything. What is the purpose of having all of these files that are the same?
Also, my server has two NICs. How are they probed and labeled with eth0 and eth1? The server has printed labels Port 1, Port 2. It turns out Port 2 is mapped to eth0 and how can I ensure this always happens or change it if needed?
Thank you.
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