[CentOS] init/upstart issue? ypbind and autofs

Tue Feb 14 10:03:36 UTC 2012
Lars Hecking <lhecking at users.sourceforge.net>

> |  The other machine doesn't have NetworkManager installed. Removed it
> |  here
> |  and NIS/autofs started working correctly.
> 
> You don't have to remove NetworkManager you just need to tell the interface not to be managed by NM in order for it to work.
 
 Won't help in this case, I think, as this behaviour already makes my kickstart
 %post fail.

> |  Why again did RH switch to NM?
> 
> To better support mobile devices like laptops and to make network configuration easier for new GNU/Linux users.

 Well, I appreciate NM on laptops, but this is a distro geared towards
 enterprise. I can't imagine many enterprise users running a distro on
 laptops where most software components are already outdated upon release
 and support for newer hw may be sketchy.