On 5 Apr 2016 20:11, "Joe Smithian" joe.smithian@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all, I've recently started using NetworkManger service and nmcli tool, I like
it
much better than the old network service and manually modifying network scripts. I've seen many online questions on how to disable NetworkManger but I have the opposite question! I am wondering if it be OK to disable network service altogether and just use NetworkManger for configuring and managing Ethernet interfaces. I care about wired Ethernet interfaces only.
I disabled network service and rebooted my machine without any networking problem but I wanted to conform that that would be OK.
If you are making use of NetworkManager then there's nothing network does that would require it still being enabled.
It's perfectly safe to systemctl disable|mask network.service
(Note pay attention that you disable service and not target!)