Why network interfaces come up on reboot despite of ONBOOT="no" in configuration file ?

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Issue

  • If ONBOOT=no is present in ifcfg-ethX then ethX interface is not expected to come up after the reboot. However, the devices are UP after reboot.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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