Author: Didier Kryn Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Latest network-manager 1.44.2-5devuan1 wants to remove
isc-dhcp-client
Le 22/11/2023 à 22:21, Steve Litt a écrit : > Rob via Dng said on Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:46:57 +0000
>
>> Doing a dist-upgrade the new nm packages want to uninstall
>> isc-dhcp-client which includes the dhclient which gets an ip address
> >from router Does the new network-manager include this functionality or
>> does another dhcp client need to be installed. I understand isc.org
>> are end-of-life'ing the client software.
> I forgot to ask: Is this a computer that mostly stays in one place, as
> opposed to a laptop you regularly transport with you? If it's mostly in
> one place, just hard code an IP address, install the unbound DNS
> resolver daemon, and get rid of network-manager and all its ilk. And if
> you can't get rid of them but still can hard code your IP address, just
> do the following to decline network-manager's "help":
>
> chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
Seems these f. attrs have been invented only for the purpose of
blocking unfriendly servers. This is the first case I read about where
attrs are usefull. Not enough to enable them though. Better uninstall NM.