NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?
Michael H. Warfield
mhw at WittsEnd.com
Fri Jul 11 01:28:22 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 14:54 -0700, stan wrote:
> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>
> -snip-
> > My solution, at this point, is "yum erase NetworkManger" and then go
> > back to the older scripts which WORK and work reliably.
> >
> > Unless you're having problems with wireless (and there are better
> > solutions to that problem) NetworkManager has no advantages over the
> > ifup/ifdown scripts and a whole lot of disadvantages for those of us who
> > have custom configurations.
> >
> > I've removed NetworkManger even from my laptop where I do move from
> > network to network and wired to wireless, because I can not tolerate its
> > behavior and its refusal to respect configuration options and
> > established scripting principles. It's just not worth the headaches it
> > creates, even in that environment.
> >
> >
> Thanks for this posting. Something clicked for me when I read it and I
> removed all
> the NetworkManager stuff. I'll occasionally get the network not coming
> up on reboot
> or timing out waiting for the network, that never used to happen.
> Had a problem with a second ethernet card existing as a phantom after I
> removed it.
> Little irritations, easily remedied and then passed by. But it used to
> be so reliable, it was forgettable.
> Maybe this will bring that back.
>
> If it doesn't, easy enough to reinstall NetworkManager.
>
> I think you meant yum remove NetworkManager , erase is for RPM.
No... Both work... "yum erase" works. I use "erase" with yum and
"-e" with rpm. OTOH... "remove" with yum and "--erase" with rpm are
functionally equivalently in each. Matter of taste is all.
yum - erase|remove
rpm - -e|--erase
From the man pages...
Mike
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