Figuring out a headless server's zeroconf addr

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 07/22/2014 10:43 AM, poma wrote:
> On 22.07.2014 16:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> 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...
>>
>
> :)
>
> # file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf: symbolic link to 
> `/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/keyfile-plugin.conf'
>
> # cat /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/keyfile-plugin.conf
> [main]
> plugins=keyfile
>
> [keyfile]
> ...
# file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf: ASCII text
# cat /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/keyfile-plugin.conf
cat: /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/keyfile-plugin.conf: No such file or 
directory

#cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
[main]
plugins=ifcfg-rh