manually fixing IPs

[Jeff Garzik]

On 03/26/2011 05:59 PM, Jon Masters wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 11:03 -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
>
>> IIRC you can set:
>> NM_CONTROLLED="no"
>> in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
>> Supposedly that will take ethX off the reservation and allow you to use the ifup
>> script and ifconfig utility as you traditionally would.
>
> I remain unconvinced that in rawhide it's possibly to truly instruct all
> these wonderful bells and whistles to leave an interface alone. In the

You should try what Neil suggested; it works.


> end, I gave up and used a system without NM or any of the other stuff,

That's the right answer:  simply turn off NetworkManager and turn on the 
"network" service, to prevent these new breakages from occurring.  I do 
that for all the machines in my test lab.

	Jeff