On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Bob Proulx <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> Jessie implies that you are using default that I cannot name for fear
> of starting a flamewar. But it hasn't been heavily tested in
> conjuction with NIS/yp.
>
Since I'm more at a "user" knowledge level, I am neutral about default-that
should-not-be-named.
Anyway, we all know that new stuff surely can disrupt things.
> I have worked in an environment that dynamically set the hostname
> based upon dhcp name. That was quite the nightmare in many ways
> because machine dhcp239 would report a failing component. Where is
> it? What does it do? Who's system is it? Things were much better
> after the dynamic naming was abandoned and static naming was resumed.
> I avoid dynamically named systems except in special circumstances.
> Although that is not your current problem. Obviously you like it that
> way or you wouldn't have done it that way.
>
Our naming scheme is *dynamic* in the sense it is done with info from DHCP,
but it is also *static* in a certain sense, because info from DHCP is
controlled via MAC based reservation. This way, we keep a names/ips/MACs
table centrally administered at DHCP server. That also allow us to make
sure that DNS is always up-to-date (same server).
>
> I would reconfigure /etc/network/interfaces for "auto" and restart.
> Once an interface is configured in /e/n/interfaces then NetworkManager
> should ignore that interface from then on. I am hoping that will be
> enough to solve your issue.
>
Did exactly that: added:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
... to /etc/network/interfaces, and now everything works smoothly -
hooray!!!!
Thank you very much for your valuable help.
Best regards,
Joao
