Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-05 Thread Tony Molloy
On Monday 05 May 2014 00:22:52 Evan Rowley wrote: When I started this thread a week ago, I certainly did not expect this many replies. Without a doubt it seems Network Manager is a controversial topic. I still haven't worked out my Network Manager woes and just lost an hour troubleshooting

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-05 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
On 05/05/2014 10:55 AM, Tony Molloy wrote: On Monday 05 May 2014 00:22:52 Evan Rowley wrote: When I started this thread a week ago, I certainly did not expect this many replies. Without a doubt it seems Network Manager is a controversial topic. I still haven't worked out my Network Manager

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-05 Thread Lamar Owen
On 05/05/2014 06:55 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: you should rather set PERRDNS=no DNS1=bar DNS2=foo in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 The options in this file are documented in: /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt A great answer, but with a minor typo. The option is:

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-05 Thread Nathan Duehr
On May 1, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, Steve Clark wrote: I feel for you then. I guess we have been lucky in the 6 or 7 hardware platforms we have used that the nics ( minimum 3, usually 4 or more ) have always stayed the same names in the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-04 Thread Evan Rowley
When I started this thread a week ago, I certainly did not expect this many replies. Without a doubt it seems Network Manager is a controversial topic. I still haven't worked out my Network Manager woes and just lost an hour troubleshooting a Golang webserver which wouldn't start. Apparently in

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 07:22:52PM -0400, Evan Rowley wrote: Apparently in Golang's net package, there is a DNS resolver function that's called whenever a server is started. That function depends on a working /etc/resolv.conf - As per usual, the /etc/resolv.conf file turned out to be the blank

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-04 Thread Cliff Pratt
That file is 'sourced' by other network scripts so doesn't have to be executable, but the contents set environment variables for other scripts. Or so I believe. No doubt someone will correct me if I am wrong. 8-) Cheers, Cliff On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Matthew Miller mat...@mattdm.org

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Timothy Murphy
Keith Keller wrote: I don't mind NM editing resolv.conf if it knows - or even thinks it knows - how to improve on the current settings, but what I don't understand is why it occasionally deletes the current settings without substituting anything else. I can't imagine any situation where

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Steve Clark
On 04/30/2014 02:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: So, have you ever had to deal with a CentOS box and multiple NICs. Especially one where you've cloned it or moved a disk to a new chassis? Apparently there is just not a good

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Scott Robbins
On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 06:54:18AM -0400, Steve Clark wrote: On 04/30/2014 02:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: So, have you ever had to deal with a CentOS box and multiple NICs. Especially one where you've cloned it or moved

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread James B. Byrne
On Wed, April 30, 2014 14:11, Les Mikesell wrote: Makes me wonder why we have cars that are all approximately the correct widths to fit on a road and brake and accelerator pedals in the same relative positions. Graveyards. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: On 04/30/2014 02:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: So, have you ever had to deal with a CentOS box and multiple NICs. Especially one where you've cloned

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Stephen Harris
On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 08:59:54AM -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: On Wed, April 30, 2014 14:11, Les Mikesell wrote: Makes me wonder why we have cars that are all approximately the correct widths to fit on a road and brake and accelerator pedals in the same relative positions.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Keith Keller
On 2014-05-01, Scott Robbins scot...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I haven't followed this thread too closely, so if this has already been stated, please forgive me. It was not explicitly stated, so I appreciate the succinct summary. Thanks! Judging from both recent editions of Fedora and the free beta

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Steve Clark
On 05/01/2014 09:09 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: On 04/30/2014 02:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: So, have you ever had to deal with a CentOS box and

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread m . roth
Keith Keller wrote: snip Could this be a SIG in the future? CentOS NM-Haters SIG ;-) Does RH really just throw these things in? It seems like they would annoy many of their more tech-savvy customers with moves like this one (if it were to happen). I think I need to check with my manager -

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Keith Keller kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us wrote: Could this be a SIG in the future? CentOS NM-Haters SIG ;-) Does RH really just throw these things in? It seems like they would annoy many of their more tech-savvy customers with moves like this one (if

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Lamar Owen
On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I think I need to check with my manager - we do have a few RH licenses - and maybe I, or several of us, should put in an enhancement request for 7: DO NOT INSTALL NM by default *EXCEPT* for either a desktop, or, better, a laptop install. DO

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Lamar Owen
On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, Steve Clark wrote: I feel for you then. I guess we have been lucky in the 6 or 7 hardware platforms we have used that the nics ( minimum 3, usually 4 or more ) have always stayed the same names in the same order. That's actually an illusion. If the detection pulls it

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 12:40 PM, Zube wrote: I dunno. Heresy! reality check, really. Sure seems to be the case to me. You certainly aren't praising people who don't embrace the change you do. I'll drop it and let others decide. 'Not embracing' and 'being actively antagonistic to any change' are too

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, Steve Clark wrote: I feel for you then. I guess we have been lucky in the 6 or 7 hardware platforms we have used that the nics ( minimum 3, usually 4 or more ) have always stayed the same names in the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/30/2014 12:40 PM, Zube wrote: snip Sure. Given that I have no need of NM, what part is broken that NM fixes for me? Are you sure you will never have need for NM? Or do the some use cases not apply to anyone who uses CentOS on static IP desktops? Totally static

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I think I need to check with my manager - we do have a few RH licenses - and maybe I, or several of us, should put in an enhancement request for 7: DO NOT INSTALL NM by default *EXCEPT* for either a desktop, or, better, a

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, Steve Clark wrote: I feel for you then. I guess we have been lucky in the 6 or 7 hardware platforms we have used that the nics ( minimum 3, usually 4 or more ) have always stayed the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Steve Clark
On 05/01/2014 01:45 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, Steve Clark wrote: I feel for you then. I guess we have been lucky in the 6 or 7 hardware platforms we have used that the nics ( minimum 3, usually 4 or more ) have always stayed the same names in the same order. That's

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Steve Clark
On 05/01/2014 01:45 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 05/01/2014 10:56 AM, Steve Clark wrote: I feel for you then. I guess we have been lucky in the 6 or 7 hardware platforms we have used that the nics ( minimum 3, usually 4 or more ) have always stayed the same names in the same order. That's

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:42 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What I do when I upgrade a box via rsync is either rm 70-persistant-net.rules, or look at the MAC addresses beforehand, and edit the rules so that they're correct for this box before the reboot. If it is a box we've used before,

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: Yep, do it all the time - first two thing I do are: rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules rm -r /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* and then reboot. The above makes them be rediscovered on the reboot.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Scott Robbins
On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 07:45:02AM -0700, Keith Keller wrote: On 2014-05-01, Scott Robbins scot...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Thanks! Judging from both recent editions of Fedora and the free beta RH7, you don't HAVE to use NetworkManager. You will have to manually turn it off and turn network

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-05-01 Thread Keith Keller
On 2014-05-01, m.r...@5-cent.us m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I think I need to check with my manager - we do have a few RH licenses - and maybe I, or several of us, should put in an enhancement request for 7: DO NOT INSTALL NM by default *EXCEPT* for either a desktop, or, better, a laptop install.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Timothy Murphy
Les Mikesell wrote: For example, I think there are ways to tell NM not to mess with a specific interface setting, and maybe a way to say you don't want it to screw up your resolv.conf file, I don't mind NM editing resolv.conf if it knows - or even thinks it knows - how to improve on the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/29/2014 02:42 PM, Steve Clark wrote: This may be fine for users that don't know what they are doing or don't have a stable networking environment, but I have found for me it causes nothing but heartache. Steve, first, if this comes off as a rant, that's not my intention, and it's not

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/29/2014 03:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: There are two sides to this. On the one hand you want to be able to nail down server configurations - and probably anything that is going to stay wired. Ok, I'll bite on this one. *Why* do we want a server configuration to be nailed down? Is it

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/29/2014 03:17 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I think upstream might consider, esp. that we're now a partner, talking to *us*. I mean, this is an ENTERPRISE o/s, and that means, heavily, *servers*, and does anyone actually use wireless, or anything other than hardwired, for a server?

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/29/2014 02:42 PM, Steve Clark wrote: This may be fine for users that don't know what they are doing or don't have a stable networking environment, but I have found for me it causes nothing but heartache. snip My experience? There is no such thing as a 100% stable

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: NetworkManager is well-documented. You just have to read the docs and be willing to try something new. It also logs to /var/log/messages in plain text, too. There are more pieces, yes, to trace through. But, unless you

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/29/2014 03:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: There are two sides to this. On the one hand you want to be able to nail down server configurations - and probably anything that is going to stay wired. Ok, I'll bite on this one. *Why* do we want a server configuration to be

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 10:36 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: ...If you install the Desktop package, there's a bit of an assumption that you want a Desktop, no? No. Just no. Not if you think that means there is just one Desktop and it is

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Timothy Murphy
Lamar Owen wrote: My experience? There is no such thing as a 100% stable networking environment. I agree that WiFi networking is difficult, but ethernet networking, in my experience, is 99.9% stable. I wish NM would just stick to WiFi. NetworkManager is well-documented. Where? I haven't

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/29/2014 03:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: There are two sides to this. On the one hand you want to be able to nail down server configurations - and probably anything that is going to stay wired. Ok, I'll bite on this one.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Keith Keller
On 2014-04-30, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: I don't mind NM editing resolv.conf if it knows - or even thinks it knows - how to improve on the current settings, but what I don't understand is why it occasionally deletes the current settings without substituting anything else. I

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Thompson
My last test with Network Manager was a couple of years ago. At that time, a client that was set to boot using DHCP and NM would not set its hostname when such was provided with the DHCP response. That was a show stopper for me (none of my 200+ non-wifi clients have any configuration on them

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: That hasn't been a reasonable assumption for anything running X, ever, and even less so with freenx/x2go. Interestingly, X turns the whole client/server thing on its head. and always has. But freenx/NX/x2go put the big

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 10:41 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Define stable. please. I define stable in this context as 'behaving in a completely consistent and predictable fashion.' I have servers (and I really, REALLY want to reboot them, but they're home directory or project servers, and so it's

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Keith Keller kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us wrote: No settings might be better. If I take my laptop from one site to another, keeping my previous resolv.conf intact, and NM doesn't remove it, then my laptop will try to query the previous site's DNS. They

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Zube
On Wed Apr 30 11:22:56 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: I really try hard to not be snide or offend very often, but the idea that something needs to stay a certain way either just because it's always been that way or because we can't do it the way someone else who we don't like has done it deserves a

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 11:18 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: But freenx/NX/x2go put the big picture back the way it belongs. For certain usess I agree with that; for others, not so much. Seamlessly pulling applications from an application server to the display server has its distinct advantages, particularly

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/30/2014 11:18 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: But freenx/NX/x2go put the big picture back the way it belongs. For certain usess I agree with that; for others, not so much. Seamlessly pulling applications from an application

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Zube z...@stat.colostate.edu wrote: I run CentOS because I want stability. It works and I know how to work it. When something like this is changed, there is an opportunity cost for having to figure out how to get it back to the way I want it to be (compare

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 11:39 AM, Zube wrote: I find this common argument execrable. It seems to suggest that if I don't accept and embrace the new things that you do, I'm somehow a Luddite or my thinking is backwards. That's not what I think, nor is it what I said. Being unwilling to even try

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 12:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: I think it is unfortunate there there is no standard defined for configuration files or tools to stabilize it and make common operations across platforms possible in spite of the bizarre differences each vendor tries to add. Something like posix

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Zube
On Wed Apr 30 12:12:41 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: That's not what I think, nor is it what I said. Quote 1: Back in the late 1800's people who had used tillers to steer their horseless carriages probably though the same thing about this new fancy gizmo called a steering wheel. And automatic

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 11:01 AM, Keith Keller wrote: I don't use NetworkManager, so I don't know the answer to this question: is there a way to tell it not to clobber portions of your network configuration, and/or to provide it with defaults if it can't determine values for a particular option?

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/30/2014 12:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: I think it is unfortunate there there is no standard defined for configuration files or tools to stabilize it and make common operations across platforms possible in spite of the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 10:47 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I've got two rooms, with a number of servers in each room behind a firewall, *required* by US law (HIPAA PII data). I've got compute clusters, and all the compute nodes are all 192.168.etc, and they MUST NOT CHANGE, EVER!!! All of those

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Clark
On 04/30/2014 11:22 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/30/2014 10:41 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Define stable. please. I define stable in this context as 'behaving in a completely consistent and predictable fashion.' I have servers (and I really, REALLY want to reboot them, but they're home

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/30/2014 10:47 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I've got two rooms, with a number of servers in each room behind a firewall, *required* by US law (HIPAA PII data). I've got compute clusters, and all the compute nodes are all

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: What I meant about Windows is everything seems to be hidden behind some gui interface, which leads people to not really understand the underpinnings of what is truly happening. NM seems akin to this, at least the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 11:03 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: You forgot to mention interoperable along with effective and complete. No, I didn't forget it. Dynamic DNS and/or mDNS with associated addresses deals with the need for a static IP; Is that secure? Dynamic DNS can be, yes. It depends upon the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 12:56 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: Choice is great, surprises not so much. And I find it surprising that NM sometimes runs, sometimes doesn't, depending on seemingly unrelated things. Those would be bugs, and bugs need fixing. But they can't be fixed if they're not reported.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 11:10 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: My last test with Network Manager was a couple of years ago. At that time, a client that was set to boot using DHCP and NM would not set its hostname when such was provided with the DHCP response. That was a show stopper for me (none of my 200+

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 12:54 PM, Steve Clark wrote: What I meant about Windows is everything seems to be hidden behind some gui interface, which leads people to not really understand the underpinnings of what is truly happening. A GUI and a registry; and I agree with that assessment. NM seems

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: snip But the simple fact is that NetworkManager is with us for a long time coming. You don't have to use it if you don't need it's particular snip Which leads to a thought: you said that the time to vote on NM was long past. My response was that none of *us* saw, or were

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: You forgot to mention interoperable along with effective and complete. No, I didn't forget it. Dynamic DNS and/or mDNS with associated addresses deals with the need for a static IP; Is that secure? Dynamic DNS can be,

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 10:57 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: I agree that WiFi networking is difficult, but ethernet networking, in my experience, is 99.9% stable. Sure is; but we do bonding for a reason. I wish NM would just stick to WiFi. There are other interfaces, like various VPN's and WWAN cards,

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 01:48 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I do have a reason for that hope... remember the thread a month or so ago, where *we* *were* asked about tcp-wrappers? Yes; I don't recall if I commented or not. For things that mean major changes - systemd, NM, etc, I'm hoping that, in the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Clark
On 04/30/2014 01:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: What I meant about Windows is everything seems to be hidden behind some gui interface, which leads people to not really understand the underpinnings of what is truly

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/30/2014 12:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: snip Yes, I blame all our economic problems on the wastefulness of duplicated effort in learning to manage computers. That and everyone having to stock a

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: What I meant about Windows is everything seems to be hidden behind some gui interface, which leads people to not really understand the underpinnings of what is truly happening. NM seems akin to

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/30/2014 10:57 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: snip The upstream documentation has some info; the man pages (nm-applet(1), nm-connection-editor(1), nm-online(1), nm-tool(1), nmcli(1), NetworkManager.conf(5), nm-system-settings.conf(5), and NetworkManager(8) all have useful

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:04 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/30/2014 12:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: snip Yes, I blame all our economic problems on the wastefulness of duplicated effort in learning to

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:04 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: On 04/30/2014 12:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: snip Yes, I blame all our economic problems on the wastefulness of duplicated

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: You do know that windows servers have a fairly complete set of command line options, don't you? Well the one and only time I configured an interface on windows from the command line I couldn't believe I had to type

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 01:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: Dynamic DNS can be, yes. It depends upon the way the zone file is updated and whether it's Internet-exposed on not. So how can it be dynamic, but controlled at the same time? Set up

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread John R Pierce
On 4/30/2014 11:13 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Makes me wonder why we have cars that are all approximately the correct widths to fit on a road and brake and accelerator pedals in the same relative positions. a) Human fits to where pedals are. b) I still go with the Roman milspec on main

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread m . roth
Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/30/2014 01:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: Dynamic DNS can be, yes. It depends upon the way the zone file is updated and whether it's Internet-exposed on not. So how can it be dynamic, but controlled at the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Clark
On 04/30/2014 02:16 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: You do know that windows servers have a fairly complete set of command line options, don't you? Well the one and only time I configured an interface on windows from the

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: I'll take [SRV record examples] as a 'no' for the general case. How is an RFC quote and an example of a running standardized application using the feature a 'no?' Please read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record and see

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/30/2014 02:10 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Just like what Lose, I mean, WinDoze, logs... paragraph long error messages that are mostly useless and information-free. As long as there is unique information to google, it will work out. And while I detest them, the Windows hexadecimal codes

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: So, have you ever had to deal with a CentOS box and multiple NICs. Especially one where you've cloned it or moved a disk to a new chassis? Apparently there is just not a good way to identify interfaces. Yep, do it

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Keith Keller
On 2014-04-30, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Keith Keller kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us wrote: No settings might be better. If I take my laptop from one site to another, keeping my previous resolv.conf intact, and NM doesn't remove it, then

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Keith Keller kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us wrote: At any rate, for CentOS 6 we can still say if you don't like NM, don't use it. Yes, but we are approaching the end of an era. As soon as 7 is out, you won't be able to get applications for 6 and you'll

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/28/2014 06:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Is this an impromptu poll? I think we had one for NM (it's so much better in fedora, it was reworked...), and everyone else, if it's not a laptop, wants it to Go Away. But will they listen to us? The answer is found in the package set for RHEL7.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Steve Clark
On 04/29/2014 02:22 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/28/2014 06:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Is this an impromptu poll? I think we had one for NM (it's so much better in fedora, it was reworked...), and everyone else, if it's not a laptop, wants it to Go Away. But will they listen to us? The

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: This may be fine for users that don't know what they are doing or don't have a stable networking environment, but I have found for me it causes nothing but heartache. The first thing I do is disable it. The sad part

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread m . roth
Steve Clark wrote: On 04/29/2014 02:22 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 04/28/2014 06:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Is this an impromptu poll? I think we had one for NM (it's so much better in fedora, it was reworked...), and everyone else, if it's not a laptop, wants it to Go Away. But will they

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:17:09 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: does anyone actually use wireless, or anything other than hardwired, for a server? That depends on how you define server. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Warren Young
On 4/29/2014 13:05, Les Mikesell wrote: can you tell it that adding a USB device and picking up a dchp address is OK, but you don't want to change your default route just because dhcp offers it? Mixed DHCP and static IP configurations is a very useful but often neglected combination. [1]

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread m . roth
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:17:09 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: does anyone actually use wireless, or anything other than hardwired, for a server? That depends on how you define server. A Dell PowerEdge, or an HP DLx80, or a Penguin, or Why, what other values of server do

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:44:10 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: A Dell PowerEdge, or an HP DLx80, or a Penguin, or Why, what other values of server do you have? Transferring files from one computer to another via ssh or ftp, for one. Backup via rsync for two. Database access for three. Need

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread m . roth
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:44:10 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: A Dell PowerEdge, or an HP DLx80, or a Penguin, or Why, what other values of server do you have? Transferring files from one computer to another via ssh or ftp, for one. Backup via rsync for two. Database

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Warren Young
On 4/29/2014 13:17, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I mean, this is an ENTERPRISE o/s, and that means, heavily, *servers*, and does anyone actually use wireless, or anything other than hardwired, for a server? I think you're setting up false dichotomies here. It isn't about desktop vs server, or

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Warren Young
On 4/29/2014 14:02, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Trains stop at a train station, buses stop at a bus station Taxis stop at the train station, cars park at the bus station, busses pull up to the airport... The lines aren't as sharp as you're trying to draw them.

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread m . roth
Warren Young wrote: On 4/29/2014 13:17, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I mean, this is an ENTERPRISE o/s, and that means, heavily, *servers*, and does anyone actually use wireless, or anything other than hardwired, for a server? I think you're setting up false dichotomies here. It isn't about

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread m . roth
Warren Young wrote: On 4/29/2014 14:02, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Trains stop at a train station, buses stop at a bus station Taxis stop at the train station, cars park at the bus station, busses pull up to the airport... The lines aren't as sharp as you're trying to draw them. You

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Warren Young war...@etr-usa.com wrote: On 4/29/2014 13:05, Les Mikesell wrote: can you tell it that adding a USB device and picking up a dchp address is OK, but you don't want to change your default route just because dhcp offers it? Mixed DHCP and static IP

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Warren Young war...@etr-usa.com wrote: On 4/29/2014 13:05, Les Mikesell wrote: can you tell it that adding a USB device and picking up a dchp address is OK, but you don't want to change your default route just because dhcp offers it?

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-29 Thread Warren Young
On 4/29/2014 14:15, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Compute node... it automatically detects a GPU(s)? It comes with PBS/Torque installed? Fuse? Gluster? Ready to be joined to a cluster? I'd like to see what their definition of compute node is It's probably the RHEL7 version of their HPC

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-28 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/27/2014 10:14 AM, Christopher Jacoby wrote: I don't use NetworkManager on servers, only my laptop. Makes servers act weird. You know, you don't get NetworkManager on a server if you don't install the 'Desktop' group. The list of packages that actually require NetworkManager is very

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing Network Manager config scripts

2014-04-28 Thread Nathan Duehr
On Apr 26, 2014, at 10:37 PM, John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:33:27AM -0400, Evan Rowley wrote: Is anyone frustrated by Network Manager? I wish CentOS just used the basic configuration files like the ones on BSD-style OSes. Those are so simple in

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