Disabling NetworkManager

[Alex]

Hi,

>>   systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
>>   systemctl mask NetworkManager.service
>
> Ooops, sorry, make that
>
>    systemctl mask NetworkManager.service
>    systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
>
> First mask it, then stop it. Otherwise, some app my restart NM again
> before you manage to type the mask command... ;-)

The whole "mask" thing looks like a hack to me in the first place, but
I guess I can understand, considering the 'network' method has
probably been deprecated for at least a few versions now.

Thanks again,
Alex