On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 08:42:56PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 28 Aug 2019 at 15:05:18 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I've resorted to the chattr on more than one occasion. Works well if you > > can get it all done before before the timer runs the N-M script again. > > Users (particularly new users) who read chattr(1), and who think > getting their own way with chattr is a good way to go, are deluded. > Setting up a simple network never requires it. If you think it is - > you have lost.
Which part of Gene's plans has ever been "simple"? He apparently wants to make his operating system refuse to register persistent interface names, on the grounds that he frequently moves a physical hard drive from one system to another, and doesn't want to go through the hassle of reassigning the interface names each time. If you know a way to do that other than the ways I suggested, go ahead and tell us. I've already warned him that it will fail catastrophically on a system with more than one NIC.
