On Wed 28 Aug 2019 at 16:04:48 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > 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 don't, so I won't. > I've already warned him that it will fail catastrophically on a system > with more than one NIC. What will that achieve? -- Brian.
