Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-26 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 08:48:35AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Maybe I should remove the trinity-3c-app-mailcom block, since it > no longer seems to be doing anything helpful...? Looking at my mailbox I've got hundreds of hits matching that, from many differently apparently-real people

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-26 Thread David
On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 at 23:48, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 11:43:36PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 25 Mar 2022 at 07:31:14 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > If "Stella" is > a real person who has been blocked as collateral damage, well, that's > unfortunate. You can

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 11:43:36PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > In passing, I'm mystified by your quoting mechanism thinking > it appropriate to display my time header in Chinese time: > $ TZ='Asia/Shanghai' date --date='Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:09:41 -0500' > Fri Mar 25 10:09:41 CST 2022 > $ > > On

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-26 Thread Curt
On 2022-03-26, David Wright wrote: >> >> When the /etc/network/interfaces file has the line >> >> source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d/* > > An eccentric choice. But no elaboration, opinion, or reasoning. > >> Best wishes. > > To you too. Over and out. I think it was John Hasler who

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-25 Thread David Wright
In passing, I'm mystified by your quoting mechanism thinking it appropriate to display my time header in Chinese time: $ TZ='Asia/Shanghai' date --date='Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:09:41 -0500' Fri Mar 25 10:09:41 CST 2022 $ On Fri 25 Mar 2022 at 07:31:14 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > Sent: Friday,

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-25 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mon cheri > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:09 AM > From: "David Wright" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest > way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file? > > Please elaborate on what you mean by "correct"

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-24 Thread David Wright
On Thu 24 Mar 2022 at 03:12:23 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > From: "David Wright" > > On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 03:14:54 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > > > > > > There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. > > > And in some situations, it's connected to a

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-23 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mon cheri > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 10:31 PM > From: "David Wright" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest > way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file? > > On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 03:14:54 (+0100), Stella

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-23 Thread David Wright
On Wed 23 Mar 2022 at 13:35:13 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > From: "David Wright" > > > > > > source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* > > > > I would change this line to > > > > source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d > > > > (which was the default on new buster installations). > > > Am I right

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-23 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mon cheri Your instructions and explanations are so clear and concise that even a beginner (what's the urban slang for it? Is it n00b?) is able to follow them without problems. > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 10:31 PM > From: "David Wright" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re:

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 06:05:48 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2022, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 03:14:54 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > > > > > > There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. > > > And in some situations, it's

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-21 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022, David Wright wrote: On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 03:14:54 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. And in some situations, it's connected to a smartphone via USB tethering. And when I'm in the office, I may

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 03:14:54 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > > There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. And > in some situations, it's connected to a smartphone via USB tethering. And > when I'm in the office, I may connect it to a LAN cable. > > Below are

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 19/03/2022 09:06, Stella Ashburne wrote: No thank you. I won't touch NetworkManager or its variants with a ten foot pole. Why? Reason #1 [quote] I am sorry but we do not support NetworkManager. I would go so far as to say do not use it at all .. but Linux distros think it is some sort of

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2022-03-19 13:19, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 19/03/2022 09:06, Stella Ashburne wrote: No thank you. I won't touch NetworkManager or its variants with a ten foot pole. Why? Reason #1 [quote] I am sorry but we do not support NetworkManager. I would go so far as to say do not use it at

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mon cheri Thanks for your reply. > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 3:17 PM > From: "Tim Woodall" > To: "Stella Ashburne" > Cc: "debian-user mailing list" > Subject: Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest > way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file? >

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mon cheri > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 7:13 PM > From: "Eduardo M KALINOWSKI" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest > way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file? > > > That's exactly the kind of situation

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 18/03/2022 23:14, Stella Ashburne wrote: Hi There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. And in some situations, it's connected to a smartphone via USB tethering. And when I'm in the office, I may connect it to a LAN cable. Below are the contents of my

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread Tim Woodall
ifdown usb0 edit file ifup wlo1 Will avoid the need to reboot. You can use mapping lines to achieve the same thing. mapping eth0 script /usr/local/sbin/map-scheme iface eth0_home inet static address 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.254

Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-18 Thread Stella Ashburne
Hi There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. And in some situations, it's connected to a smartphone via USB tethering. And when I'm in the office, I may connect it to a LAN cable. Below are the contents of my /etc/network/interfaces file: # This file describes