On Wednesday 14 September 2016 05:43:07 Felix Miata wrote: > Slávek Banko composed on 2016-09-13 19:28 (UTC+0200): > > Dave Lers composed: > >> Uwe Brauer wrote: > >> > I tried this already, the problem is that in Kubuntu 14.04 things are > >> > different, maybe caused my the switch to systemd. > >> > > >> > In 10.4 and 12.04 I had in /etc a file resolv.conf which contained > >> > the IP of the DNS server and in > >> > > >> > /etc/network/interfaces > >> > > >> > The static IP of the machine, the gateway etc. > >> > >> I missed the start of this thread so my answer may be clueless. In > >> Jessie (and other systemd OS's?), static IP and DNS have moved to > >> /etc/dhcpd.conf. All I did to setup this machine was to add the > >> following to the bottom of dhcpd.conf: > >> > >> interface eth0 > >> static ip_address=192.168.0.8/24 > >> static routers=192.168.0.1 > >> static domain_name_servers=208.67.222.222 8.8.8.8 > > I wonder what created this? I can't imagine why a system would be > configured for fixed IP and yet have an ostensible DHCP configuration file > at all, much less specifying static configuration parameters. Does that > installation also have /etc/sysconfig/interfaces, and if so, is it last > written subsequent to /etc/dhcpd.conf? Or before? > > >> ...I hadn't tried "service networking restart", which generates a > >> warning. While networking was fine at this point, I ran the suggested > >> command which had no visible affect (networking still fine). > > > > Ha, I still use the file /etc/network/interfaces, same way as I'm used > > from previous versions of Debian. This is for me an unknown novelty. It > > has some advantage over the interfaces file? > > For the first time since Hermine, I booted host g5eas, which has both 16.04 > and Jessie. Both are configured with static IP. Both have > /etc/sysconfig/interfaces. Neither have /etc/dhcpd.conf. This makes more sense! I hope that your life has gone somewhere back towards normal. Lisi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting