Re: configuring interface & configuring MTA time out
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:47:38 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> On 06/16/2012 01:28 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> Matthew pointed out that my use of netscript 2.4 is sort of
>>> non-standard for a regular Debian desktop.
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> And he is right.
>>
>> The first thing I would do is removing that package if you don't need
>> it at all (I don't have it installed, BTW, and running "apt-cache
>> rdepends netscript" returns void so no other package seems to depend on
>> it).
>>
>>
> Well, I'm in the situation of not being sure whether or not it's a good
> idea for me to remove netscript 2.4 and go back to ifupdown.
You have to ask yourself if you really need that package in your system.
I never heard of it before nor read about it is needed for running VB nor
any other virtual machine :-?
> Apparently, netscript was pulled in by virtualbox.
You have to check this because at a first glance, I see no hard
requirements for netscript to be pulled with virtualbox.
> I installed that weeks ago so that I could do some testing of a couple
> of other GNU/Linux operating systems, and also so that I could fire up
> an old database analysis package in a DOS VM. If and when I actually
> create them, I'm going to want to use networking for some of those VMs,
> and I'm not sure how well that will work without netscript.
It looks rather a complex package that integrates within your host
networking settings so unless you really need it and you know how to
configure to play nice with your current setup, I would ditch it.
Sorry but if I had to choose between the host or the guest, first comes
the host. And the network stack is vital for any system, it has to be
solid as a rock and you have to know how to deal with it when things like
this happen. If that's not the case, return to the well-known networking
method.
> Anyway, the previous version of netscript never seemed to cause me any
> problems. It was the new one (version 2.4) that appears to have made
> things go a little weird on this system.
(...)
Yes, it can be. But to my taste, the description¹ for that package leads
me to think is not aimed for beginners (meaning: I would not install it
in my systems unless I really really know what I'm doing :-P).
"(...) DON'T use this on a pure server - it is VERY useful for a Virtual
Machine server with complex networking needs. This is because of its
comprehensive network configuration capabilities. Thus it is a tempting
replacement when you have to rip out NetworkManager on a server."
It's scaring :-}
¹http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/netscript-2.4
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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