Re: systemd Information
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 09:46:56AM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 02:48:14PM -0600, Tim McDonough wrote:
> >
> >Anyone have a recommendation for a good reference/tutorial on systemd as
> >it applies to Debian Jessie?
> >
> >It's very frustrating to work on configuring static IPs, SSHD ports, etc.
> >and never knowing which files are the correct ones to edit. For that
> >matter, with systemd now in place why the heck were the old config files
> >and scripts left in place if they aren't used?
>
> As far as I'm aware, just because systemd CAN configure networking, doesn't
> mean that it does. And in fact, in Debian, it doesn't. The Debian Reference
> Manual [1] (which should be considered gospel in these matters), states that
> the preferred methods fore configuring the network are either
> network-manager or wicd for a graphical desktop machine, or
> /etc/network/interfaces otherwise.
>
> I would not expect this to change in Stretch and, even if systemd is brought
> in to manage the task, the principle of least surprise would suggest that
That is why there is normally a Debian news/changes file. The principle
of least surprise only works if someone puts in the work to make it so.
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