Figuring out a headless server's zeroconf addr

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 07/22/2014 09:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/22/14 21:49, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> On 07/22/2014 09:33 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> On 07/22/14 21:22, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> But what file is this in now?  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts is a mess now with scripts for each wifi connection and I can't find any for my ethernet adapter.
>>> Well, "ip link" will/should give a list of links.
>> ip link
>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default
>>      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
>> 2: p6p1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>>      link/ether e8:9a:8f:8d:7b:56 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>> 3: wlp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
>>      link/ether ac:81:12:9c:e0:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>>
>> But I cannot find a script file for p6p1.  Perhaps it only exists when the link is up, so where do I put this option?
>>
>>
> Odd.  First off, NO-CARRIER would suggest the link is not connected.  I just pulled the plug on one of my systems and I see....

Well this is on my notebook and the ethernet was not connected at the 
time.  So now it is plugged in via crossover to the server and link is up.

> [egreshko at f20f ~]$ ip link
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default
>      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> 2: p2p1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>      link/ether 08:00:27:b7:04:4a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>
> But the config file still exists.
>
> [egreshko at f20f ~]$ ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p2p1
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p2p1

But still:

ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p*
ls: cannot access /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p*: No such file 
or directory


> Do you have access to the system to use the GUI tools of network manager?   (I'm assuming you are using nm).
>
>
I cannot see anyplace to specify use zeroconf if no dhcp.

This is gnome3 on F20...