On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > > > Jessie implies that you are using default that I cannot name for fear > of starting a flamewar. But it hasn't been heavily tested in > conjuction with NIS/yp. >
Since I'm more at a "user" knowledge level, I am neutral about default-that should-not-be-named. Anyway, we all know that new stuff surely can disrupt things. > I have worked in an environment that dynamically set the hostname > based upon dhcp name. That was quite the nightmare in many ways > because machine dhcp239 would report a failing component. Where is > it? What does it do? Who's system is it? Things were much better > after the dynamic naming was abandoned and static naming was resumed. > I avoid dynamically named systems except in special circumstances. > Although that is not your current problem. Obviously you like it that > way or you wouldn't have done it that way. > Our naming scheme is *dynamic* in the sense it is done with info from DHCP, but it is also *static* in a certain sense, because info from DHCP is controlled via MAC based reservation. This way, we keep a names/ips/MACs table centrally administered at DHCP server. That also allow us to make sure that DNS is always up-to-date (same server). > > I would reconfigure /etc/network/interfaces for "auto" and restart. > Once an interface is configured in /e/n/interfaces then NetworkManager > should ignore that interface from then on. I am hoping that will be > enough to solve your issue. > Did exactly that: added: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp ... to /etc/network/interfaces, and now everything works smoothly - hooray!!!! Thank you very much for your valuable help. Best regards, Joao