path: root/network.py

#
# network.py - network configuration install data
#
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#
# Author(s): Matt Wilson <ewt@redhat.com>
#            Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
#            Mike Fulbright <msf@redhat.com>
#            Brent Fox <bfox@redhat.com>
#            David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com>
#

import string
import shutil
import isys
import iutil
import socket
import struct
import os
import time
import minihal
import rhpl
import dbus
from flags import flags

from rhpl.simpleconfig import SimpleConfigFile

import gettext
_ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("anaconda", x)

import logging
log = logging.getLogger("anaconda")

class IPError(Exception):
    pass

class IPMissing(Exception):
    pass

def sanityCheckHostname(hostname):
    if len(hostname) < 1:
        return None

    if len(hostname) > 255:
        return _("Hostname must be 255 or fewer characters in length.")

    validStart = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
    validAll = validStart + ".-"

    if string.find(validStart, hostname[0]) == -1:
        return _("Hostname must start with a valid character in the ranges "
                 "'a-z', 'A-Z', or '0-9'")

    for i in range(1, len(hostname)):
        if string.find(validAll, hostname[i]) == -1:
            return _("Hostnames can only contain the characters 'a-z', 'A-Z', '0-9', '-', or '.'")

    return None

# Try to determine what the hostname should be for this system
def getDefaultHostname(anaconda):
    isys.resetResolv()

    hn = None
    bus = dbus.SystemBus()
    nm = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, isys.NM_MANAGER_PATH)
    nm_props_iface = dbus.Interface(nm, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

    active_connections = nm_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, "ActiveConnections")

    # XXX: account for Ip6Config objects when NetworkManager supports them
    for connection in active_connections:
        active_connection = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, connection)
        active_connection_props_iface = dbus.Interface(active_connection, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)
        devices = active_connection_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, 'Devices')

        for device_path in devices:
            device = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, device_path)
            device_props_iface = dbus.Interface(device, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

            ip4_config_path = device_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, 'Ip4Config')
            ip4_config_obj = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, ip4_config_path)
            ip4_config_props = dbus.Interface(ip4_config_obj, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

            # addresses (3-element list:  ipaddr, netmask, gateway)
            addrs = ip4_config_props.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, "Addresses")[0]
            try:
                tmp = struct.pack('I', addrs[0])
                ipaddr = socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET, tmp)
                hinfo = socket.gethostbyaddr(ipaddr)

                if len(hinfo) == 3:
                    hn = hinfo[0]
                else:
                    continue
            except:
                continue

    if hn and hn != 'localhost' and hn != 'localhost.localdomain':
        return hn

    try:
        hn = anaconda.id.network.hostname
    except:
        hn = None

    if not hn or hn == '(none)' or hn == 'localhost' or hn == 'localhost.localdomain':
        hn = socket.gethostname()

    if not hn or hn == '(none)' or hn == 'localhost':
        hn = 'localhost.localdomain'

    return hn

# return if the device is of a type that requires a ptpaddr to be specified
def isPtpDev(devname):
    if (devname.startswith("ctc") or devname.startswith("iucv")):
        return True
    return False

def _anyUsing(method):
    # method names that NetworkManager might use
    if method == 'auto':
        methods = (method, 'dhcp')
    else:
        methods = (method)

    try:
        bus = dbus.SystemBus()
        nm = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, isys.NM_MANAGER_PATH)
        nm_props_iface = dbus.Interface(nm, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)
        active_connections = nm_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, "ActiveConnections")

        for path in active_connections:
            active = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, path)
            active_props_iface = dbus.Interface(active, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

            active_service_name = active_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_ACTIVE_CONNECTION_IFACE, "ServiceName")
            active_path = active_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_ACTIVE_CONNECTION_IFACE, "Connection")

            connection = bus.get_object(active_service_name, active_path)
            connection_iface = dbus.Interface(connection, isys.NM_CONNECTION_IFACE)
            settings = connection_iface.GetSettings()

            # XXX: add support for Ip6Config when it appears
            ip4_setting = settings['ipv4']
            if not ip4_setting or not ip4_setting['method'] or ip4_setting['method'] in methods:
                return True

            return False
    except:
        return False

# determine whether any active at boot devices are using dhcp or dhcpv6
def anyUsingDHCP():
    return _anyUsing('auto')

# determine whether any active at boot devices are using static IP config
def anyUsingStatic():
    return _anyUsing('manual')

# sanity check an IP string.
def sanityCheckIPString(ip_string):
    if ip_string.strip() == "":
        raise IPMissing, _("IP address is missing.")

    if ip_string.find(':') == -1 and ip_string.find('.') > 0:
        family = socket.AF_INET
        errstr = _("IPv4 addresses must contain four numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods.")
    elif ip_string.find(':') > 0 and ip_string.find('.') == -1:
        family = socket.AF_INET6
        errstr = _("'%s' is not a valid IPv6 address.") % ip_string
    else:
        raise IPError, _("'%s' is an invalid IP address.") % ip_string

    try:
        socket.inet_pton(family, ip_string)
    except socket.error:
        raise IPError, errstr

def hasActiveNetDev():
    try:
        bus = dbus.SystemBus()
        nm = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, isys.NM_MANAGER_PATH)
        props = dbus.Interface(nm, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)
        state = props.Get(isys.NM_SERVICE, "State")

        if int(state) == isys.NM_STATE_CONNECTED:
            return True
        else:
            return False
    except:
        return False

# Return a list of device names (e.g., eth0) for all active devices.
# Returning a list here even though we will almost always have one
# device.  NM uses lists throughout its D-Bus communication, so trying
# to follow suit here.  Also, if this uses a list now, we can think
# about multihomed hosts during installation later.
def getActiveNetDevs():
    active_devs = set()

    bus = dbus.SystemBus()
    nm = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, isys.NM_MANAGER_PATH)
    nm_props_iface = dbus.Interface(nm, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

    active_connections = nm_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, "ActiveConnections")

    for connection in active_connections:
        active_connection = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, connection)
        active_connection_props_iface = dbus.Interface(active_connection, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)
        devices = active_connection_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, 'Devices')

        for device_path in devices:
            device = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, device_path)
            device_props_iface = dbus.Interface(device, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

            interface_name = device_props_iface.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, 'Interface')
            active_devs.add(interface_name)

    ret = list(active_devs)
    ret.sort()
    return ret

class NetworkDevice(SimpleConfigFile):
    def __str__(self):
        s = ""
        s = s + "DEVICE=" + self.info["DEVICE"] + "\n"
        keys = self.info.keys()
        keys.sort()
        keys.remove("DEVICE")
        if "DESC" in keys:
            keys.remove("DESC")
        if "KEY" in keys:
            keys.remove("KEY")

        for key in keys:
            if key in ("NM_CONTROLLED"):
                continue
            # make sure we include autoneg in the ethtool line
            elif key == 'ETHTOOL_OPTS' and self.info[key].find("autoneg")== -1:
                s = s + key + """="autoneg off %s"\n""" % (self.info[key])
            elif self.info[key] is not None:
                s = s + key + "=" + self.info[key] + "\n"

        return s

    def __init__(self, dev):
        self.info = { "DEVICE" : dev }
        if dev.startswith('ctc'):
            self.info["TYPE"] = "CTC"
        elif dev.startswith('iucv'):
            self.info["TYPE"] = "IUCV"

class Network:
    def __init__(self):
        self.netdevices = {}
        self.ksdevice = None
        self.domains = []
        self.hostname = socket.gethostname()
        self.overrideDHCPhostname = False

        # populate self.netdevices
        devhash = isys.getDeviceProperties(dev=None)
        for dev in devhash.keys():
            self.netdevices[dev] = NetworkDevice(dev)
            ifcfg_contents = self.readIfcfgContents(dev)

            # if NM_CONTROLLED is set to yes, we read in settings from
            # NetworkManager first, then fill in the gaps with the data
            # from the ifcfg file
            useNetworkManager = False
            if ifcfg_contents.has_key('NM_CONTROLLED'):
                if ifcfg_contents['NM_CONTROLLED'].lower() == 'yes' or ifcfg_contents['NM_CONTROLLED'] == '':
                    useNetworkManager = True

            # this interface is managed by NetworkManager, so read from
            # NetworkManager first
            if useNetworkManager:
                props = devhash[dev]

                if isys.isDeviceDHCP(dev):
                    self.netdevices[dev].set(('BOOTPROTO', 'dhcp'))
                else:
                    self.netdevices[dev].unset('BOOTPROTO')
                    bus = dbus.SystemBus()
                    config_path = props.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, 'Ip4Config')
                    config = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, config_path)
                    config_props = dbus.Interface(config, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

                    # addresses (3-element list:  ipaddr, netmask, gateway)
                    addrs = config_props.Get(isys.NM_MANAGER_IFACE, 'Addresses')[0]
                    try:
                        tmp = struct.pack('I', addrs[0])
                        ipaddr = socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET, tmp)
                        self.netdevices[dev].set(('IPADDR', ipaddr))
                    except:
                        pass

                    try:
                        tmp = struct.pack('I', addrs[1])
                        netmask = socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET, tmp)
                        self.netdevices[dev].set(('NETMASK', netmask))
                    except:
                        pass

                    try:
                        tmp = struct.pack('I', addrs[2])
                        gateway = socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET, tmp)
                        self.netdevices[dev].set(('GATEWAY', gateway))
                    except:
                        pass

                self.hostname = socket.gethostname()

            # read in remaining settings from ifcfg file
            for key in ifcfg_contents.keys():
                if key == 'GATEWAY':
                    self.netdevices[dev].set((key, ifcfg_contents[key]))
                elif key == 'DOMAIN':
                    self.domains.append(ifcfg_contents[key])
                elif key == 'HOSTNAME':
                    self.hostname = ifcfg_contents[key]
                elif self.netdevices[dev].get(key) == '':
                    self.netdevices[dev].set((key, ifcfg_contents[key]))

        # now initialize remaining devices
        # XXX we just throw return away, the method initialize a
        # object member so we dont need to
        available_devices = self.available()

        if len(available_devices) > 0:
            # set first device to start up onboot
            oneactive = 0
            for dev in available_devices.keys():
                try:
                    if available_devices[dev].get("ONBOOT") == "yes":
                        oneactive = 1
                        break
                except:
                    continue

    def readIfcfgContents(self, dev):
        ifcfg = "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-%s" % (dev,)
        contents = {}

        try:
            f = open(ifcfg, "r")
            lines = f.readlines()
            f.close()

            for line in lines:
                line = line.strip()
                if line.startswith('#') or line == '':
                    continue

                var = string.splitfields(line, '=')
                if len(var) == 2:
                    var[1] = var[1].replace('"', '')
                    contents[var[0]] = string.strip(var[1])
        except:
            return {}

        return contents

    def getDevice(self, device):
        return self.netdevices[device]

    def available(self):
        ksdevice = None
        if flags.cmdline.has_key('ksdevice'):
            ksdevice = flags.cmdline['ksdevice']

        # XXX: this should use NetworkManager
        for device in minihal.get_devices_by_type("net"):
            if device.has_key('net.arp_proto_hw_id'):
                if device['net.arp_proto_hw_id'] == 1:
                    dev = device['device']
                    if not self.netdevices.has_key(dev):
                        self.netdevices[dev] = NetworkDevice(dev);
                    self.netdevices[dev].set(('HWADDR', device['net.address']))
                    self.netdevices[dev].set(('DESC', device['description']))

                    if not ksdevice:
                        continue

                    if ksdevice == 'link' and isys.getLinkStatus(dev):
                        self.ksdevice = dev
                    elif ksdevice == dev:
                        self.ksdevice = dev
                    elif ksdevice.find(':') != -1:
                        if ksdevice.lower() == device['net.address'].lower():
                            self.ksdevice = dev

        return self.netdevices

    def getKSDevice(self):
        if self.ksdevice is None:
            return None

        try:
            return self.netdevices[self.ksdevice]
        except:
            return None

    def setHostname(self, hn):
        self.hostname = hn

    def setDNS(self, ns, device):
        dns = ns.split(',')
        i = 1
        for addr in dns:
            addr = addr.strip()
            dnslabel = "DNS%d" % (i,)
            self.netdevices[device].set((dnslabel, addr))
            i += 1

    def setGateway(self, gw, device):
        self.netdevices[device].set(('GATEWAY', gw))

    def lookupHostname(self):
        # can't look things up if they don't exist!
        if not self.hostname or self.hostname == "localhost.localdomain":
            return None

        if not hasActiveNetDev():
            log.warning("no network devices were available to look up host name")
            return None

        try:
            (family, socktype, proto, canonname, sockaddr) = \
                socket.getaddrinfo(self.hostname, None, socket.AF_INET)[0]
            (ip, port) = sockaddr
        except:
            try:
                (family, socktype, proto, canonname, sockaddr) = \
                    socket.getaddrinfo(self.hostname, None, socket.AF_INET6)[0]
                (ip, port, flowinfo, scopeid) = sockaddr
            except:
                return None

        return ip

    def writeKS(self, f):
        devNames = self.netdevices.keys()
        devNames.sort()

        if len(devNames) == 0:
            return

        for devName in devNames:
            dev = self.netdevices[devName]

            if dev.get('bootproto').lower() == 'dhcp' or dev.get('ipaddr'):
                f.write("network --device %s" % dev.get('device'))

                if dev.get('MTU') and dev.get('MTU') != 0:
                    f.write(" --mtu=%s" % dev.get('MTU'))

                onboot = dev.get("onboot")
                if onboot and onboot == "no":
                    f.write(" --onboot no")
                if dev.get('bootproto').lower() == 'dhcp':
                    f.write(" --bootproto dhcp")
                    if dev.get('dhcpclass'):
                        f.write(" --dhcpclass %s" % dev.get('dhcpclass'))
                    if self.overrideDHCPhostname:
                        if (self.hostname and
                            self.hostname != "localhost.localdomain"):
                            f.write(" --hostname %s" % self.hostname)
                else:
                    f.write(" --bootproto static --ip %s --netmask %s" % 
                       (dev.get('ipaddr'), dev.get('netmask')))

                    if dev.get('GATEWAY'):
                        f.write(" --gateway %s" % (dev.get('GATEWAY'),))

                    dnsline = ''
                    for key in dev.info.keys():
                        if key.upper().startswith('DNS'):
                            if dnsline == '':
                                dnsline = dev.get(key)
                            else:
                                dnsline += "," + dev.get(key)

                    if dnsline != '':
                        f.write(" --nameserver %s" % (dnsline,))

                    if (self.hostname and
                        self.hostname != "localhost.localdomain"):
                        f.write(" --hostname %s" % self.hostname)

                f.write("\n");

    def hasNameServers(self, hash):
        if hash.keys() == []:
            return False

        for key in hash.keys():
            if key.upper().startswith('DNS'):
                return True

        return False

    def write(self, instPath='', anaconda=None):
        if len(self.netdevices.values()) == 0:
            return

        sysconfig = "%s/etc/sysconfig" % (instPath,)
        netscripts = "%s/network-scripts" % (sysconfig,)
        destnetwork = "%s/network" % (sysconfig,)

        if not os.path.isdir(netscripts):
            iutil.mkdirChain(netscripts)

        # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
        for dev in self.netdevices.values():
            device = dev.get('DEVICE')

            cfgfile = "%s/ifcfg-%s" % (netscripts, device,)
            if (instPath) and (os.path.isfile(cfgfile)):
                continue

            bootproto = dev.get('BOOTPROTO').lower()
            ipv6addr = dev.get('IPV6ADDR').lower()
            ipv6prefix = dev.get('IPV6PREFIX').lower()
            ipv6autoconf = dev.get('IPV6_AUTOCONF').lower()
            dhcpv6c = dev.get('DHCPV6C').lower()

            newifcfg = "%s/ifcfg-%s.new" % (netscripts, device,)
            f = open(newifcfg, "w")
            if len(dev.get("DESC")) > 0:
                f.write("# %s\n" % (dev.get("DESC"),))

            # if bootproto is dhcp, unset any static settings (#218489)
            # *but* don't unset if either IPv4 or IPv6 is manual (#433290)
            if bootproto == 'dhcp':
                dev.unset('IPADDR')
                dev.unset('NETMASK')
                dev.unset('GATEWAY')

            # handle IPv6 settings correctly for the ifcfg file
            dev.unset('IPV6ADDR')
            dev.unset('IPV6PREFIX')

            if ipv6addr == 'dhcp':
                dev.set(('IPV6INIT', 'yes'))
                dev.set(('DHCPV6C', 'yes'))
            elif ipv6addr != '' and ipv6addr is not None:
                dev.set(('IPV6INIT', 'yes'))

                if ipv6prefix != '' and ipv6prefix is not None:
                    dev.set(('IPV6ADDR', ipv6addr + '/' + ipv6prefix))
                else:
                    dev.set(('IPV6ADDR', ipv6addr))

            if dev.get('IPV6_AUTOCONF').lower() == 'yes':
                dev.set(('IPV6INIT', 'yes'))

            f.write(str(dev))

            # write out the hostname as DHCP_HOSTNAME if given (#81613)
            if (bootproto == 'dhcp' and self.hostname and
                self.overrideDHCPhostname):
                f.write("DHCP_HOSTNAME=%s\n" %(self.hostname,))

            if dev.get('MTU') and dev.get('MTU') != 0:
                f.write("MTU=%s\n" % dev.get('MTU'))

            # tell NetworkManager not to touch any interfaces used during
            # installation when / is on a network backed device.
            if anaconda is not None:
                import storage
                rootdev = anaconda.id.storage.fsset.rootDevice
                # FIXME: use device.host_address to only add "NM_CONTROLLED=no"
                # for interfaces actually used enroute to the device
                for d in anaconda.id.storage.devices:
                    if rootdev.dependsOn(d) and isinstance(d,
                                        storage.devices.NetworkStorageDevice):
                        f.write("NM_CONTROLLED=no\n")
                        break

            f.close()
            os.chmod(newifcfg, 0644)

            # move the new ifcfg in place
            destcfg = "%s/ifcfg-%s" % (netscripts, device,)
            shutil.move(newifcfg, destcfg)

            # XXX: is this necessary with NetworkManager?
            # handle the keys* files if we have those
            if dev.get("KEY"):
                cfgfile = "%s/keys-%s" % (netscripts, device,)
                if not instPath == '' and os.path.isfile(cfgfile):
                    continue

                newkey = "%s/keys-%s.new" % (netscripts, device,)
                f = open(newkey, "w")
                f.write("KEY=%s\n" % (dev.get('KEY'),))
                f.close()
                os.chmod(newkey, 0600)

                destkey = "%s/keys-%s" % (netscripts, device,)
                shutil.move(newkey, destkey)

            # /etc/dhclient-DEVICE.conf
            dhclientconf = '/etc/dhclient-' + device + '.conf'
            if os.path.isfile(dhclientconf):
                destdhclientconf = '%s%s' % (instPath, dhclientconf,)
                try:
                    shutil.copy(dhclientconf, destdhclientconf)
                except:
                    log.warning("unable to copy %s to target system" % (dhclientconf,))

        # /etc/sysconfig/network
        if (not instPath) or (not os.path.isfile(destnetwork)):
            newnetwork = "%s.new" % (destnetwork,)

            f = open(newnetwork, "w")
            f.write("NETWORKING=yes\n")
            f.write("HOSTNAME=")

            # use instclass hostname if set(kickstart) to override
            if self.hostname:
                f.write(self.hostname + "\n")
            else:
                f.write("localhost.localdomain\n")

            if dev.get('GATEWAY'):
                f.write("GATEWAY=%s\n" % (dev.get('GATEWAY'),))

            if dev.get('IPV6_DEFAULTGW'):
                f.write("IPV6_DEFAULTGW=%s\n" % (dev.get('IPV6_DEFAULTGW'),))

            f.close()
            shutil.move(newnetwork, destnetwork)

        # /etc/hosts
        domainname = None
        if (not instPath) or (not os.path.isfile(instPath + "/etc/hosts")):
            f = open(instPath + "/etc/hosts", "w")

            log.info("self.hostname = %s", self.hostname)

            # IP address
            ip = self.lookupHostname()
            if ip in [ "127.0.0.1", "::1" ]:
                ip = None

            # fqdn and hostname
            if "." in self.hostname:
                fqdn = self.hostname
                hostname = self.hostname.split('.', 1)[0]
            else:
                fqdn = socket.getfqdn(self.hostname)
                hostname = self.hostname

            if fqdn in [ "localhost.localdomain", "localhost",
                         "localhost6.localdomain6", "localhost6", hostname ] \
                         or "." not in fqdn:
                fqdn = None

            # domainname
            if fqdn:
                domainname = fqdn.split('.', 1)[1]
                if domainname in [ "localdomain", "localdomain6" ]:
                    domainname = None
            else:
                domainname = None

            localline = "localhost.localdomain localhost"
            if not ip and (hostname and hostname != "localhost"):
                # add short hostname to 127.0.0.1
                localline += " " + hostname

            f.write("# Do not remove the following line, or various programs\n")
            f.write("# that require network functionality will fail.\n")
            f.write("127.0.0.1\t\t" + localline + "\n")
            f.write("::1\t\tlocalhost6.localdomain6 localhost6\n")

            if ip and fqdn:
                # Add an extra entry for ip, fqdn and hostname
                f.write("%s\t\t%s %s\n" % (ip, fqdn, hostname))

            f.close()

        # If the hostname was not looked up, but typed in by the user,
        # domain might not be computed, so do it now.
        if self.domains == ["localdomain"] or not self.domains:
            if domainname:
                self.domains = [domainname]

        # /etc/resolv.conf
        if (not instPath) or (not os.path.isfile(instPath + '/etc/resolv.conf')):
            if os.path.isfile('/etc/resolv.conf') and instPath != '':
                destresolv = "%s/etc/resolv.conf" % (instPath,)
                shutil.copy('/etc/resolv.conf', destresolv)
            elif (self.domains != ['localdomain'] and self.domains) or \
                self.hasNameServers(dev.info):
                resolv = "%s/etc/resolv.conf" % (instPath,)

                f = open(resolv, "w")

                if self.domains != ['localdomain'] and self.domains:
                    f.write("search %s\n" % (string.joinfields(self.domains, ' '),))

                for key in dev.info.keys():
                    if key.upper().startswith('DNS'):
                        f.write("nameserver %s\n" % (dev.get(key),))

                f.close()

        # /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
        rules = instPath + "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules"
        if (not instPath) or (not os.path.isfile(rules)):
            if not os.path.isdir("%s/etc/udev/rules.d" %(instPath,)):
                iutil.mkdirChain("%s/etc/udev/rules.d" %(instPath,))

            f = open(rules, "w")
            f.write("""
# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules
# program run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line.

""")
            for dev in self.netdevices.values():
                addr = dev.get("HWADDR")
                if not addr:
                    continue
                devname = dev.get("DEVICE")
                basename = devname
                while basename != "" and basename[-1] in string.digits:
                    basename = basename[:-1]

                # rules are case senstive for address. Lame.
                addr = addr.lower()

                s = ""
                if len(dev.get("DESC")) > 0:
                    s = "# %s (rule written by anaconda)\n" % (dev.get("DESC"),)
                else:
                    s = "# %s (rule written by anaconda)\n" % (devname,)
                s = s + 'SUBSYSTEM==\"net\", ACTION==\"add\", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="%s", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="%s*", NAME="%s"\n' % (addr, basename, devname)
                f.write(s)

            f.close()

    # write out current configuration state and wait for NetworkManager
    # to bring the device up, watch NM state and return to the caller
    # once we have a state
    def bringUp(self):
        self.write()

        bus = dbus.SystemBus()
        nm = bus.get_object(isys.NM_SERVICE, isys.NM_MANAGER_PATH)
        props = dbus.Interface(nm, isys.DBUS_PROPS_IFACE)

        i = 0
        while i < 45:
            state = props.Get(isys.NM_SERVICE, "State")
            if int(state) == isys.NM_STATE_CONNECTED:
                isys.resetResolv()
                return True
            i += 1
            time.sleep(1)

        state = props.Get(isys.NM_SERVICE, "State")
        if int(state) == isys.NM_STATE_CONNECTED:
            isys.resetResolv()
            return True

        return False