On Mon, 2017-02-13 at 16:49 +0000, James Hogarth wrote: > On EL6 yes NM should be removed on anything but a wifi system but on > EL7 unless you fall into a specific edge case as per the network docs: > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html-single/Networking_Guide/index.html > > you really should be using NM for a variety of reasons. > > Incidentally Mark, this had nothing to do with systemd ... I wish you > would pick your topics a little more appropriately rather than > tempting the usual flames. Mark actually gets his hands dirty running the systems (on C7). He has a valid point which worries me - Red Hat's gradual imitation of Micro $oft's aversion to ordinary people understanding and controlling their systems. Luckily some of us remain on C6 because we love simplicity and stability. When C6 expires some will migrate to BSD rather than face C7's persistent difficulties and confusion. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.