On 08/03/17 10:15, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Giles Coochey wrote: > >> The truth is a lot of us run servers that don't need to have their >> network >> "managed" by Networkmanager. > > You're opting to have your network managed by a bunch of unloved legacy > scripts that you're advised to avoid using unless necessary, or you've > having > it managed by NetworkManager. If you want to have it managing it this > way, > you'll be writing your own scripts. > >> We just need to set an IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS >> servers and we will never be changing that configuration ever again >> for the entire life of the server. >> Any 3-4 line script that does the job is sufficient, servers don't >> need gimmicks, they're not going to be hotspotting on wireless >> networks, the cable goes in, the server enters production and that's it! > > By 3-4 line script, I assume you mean the content of all the files in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts that aren't your ifcfg files? > ifconfig enp0s25 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 route add default gw 192.168.0.254 enp0s25 echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 > /etc/resolv.conf echo nameserver 8.8.4.4 >> /etc/resolv.conf -- Regards, Giles Coochey +44 (0) 7584 634 135 +44 (0) 1803 529 451 giles at coochey.net