#11678 HIGH xs-0.8: xs-setup-network overwrites ifcfg- files without preserving MAC address

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#11678: xs-setup-network overwrites ifcfg- files without preserving MAC address
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 Reporter:  greenfeld      |                 Owner:  martin.langhoff                  
     Type:  defect         |                Status:  new                              
 Priority:  high           |             Milestone:  xs-0.8                           
Component:  school server  |               Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:                 |           Next_action:  diagnose                         
 Verified:  0              |   Deployment_affected:                                   
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 xs-setup-network in XS 0.7 overwrites ifcfg- files without preserving the
 MACADDR (or HWADDR; either one (but not both) may be present) variable.

 This is not permitted and may lead to havoc, as script analysis suggests
 that RHEL/CentOS/etc. may use the MAC address in the ifcfg-* files as a
 hint to figure out what interface should be named what.

 Also see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491432#c1

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