Re: udev being an ass
On Wed 28 Aug 2019 at 16:04:48 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 08:42:56PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 28 Aug 2019 at 15:05:18 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >
> > > I've resorted to the chattr on more than one occasion. Works well if you
> > > can get it all done before before the timer runs the N-M script again.
> >
> > Users (particularly new users) who read chattr(1), and who think
> > getting their own way with chattr is a good way to go, are deluded.
> > Setting up a simple network never requires it. If you think it is -
> > you have lost.
>
> Which part of Gene's plans has ever been "simple"?
>
> He apparently wants to make his operating system refuse to register
> persistent interface names, on the grounds that he frequently moves
> a physical hard drive from one system to another, and doesn't want to
> go through the hassle of reassigning the interface names each time.
>
> If you know a way to do that other than the ways I suggested, go ahead
> and tell us.
I don't, so I won't.
> I've already warned him that it will fail catastrophically on a system
> with more than one NIC.
What will that achieve?
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Brian.
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