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hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

Started bygene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
First post2022-01-22 00:50 +0100
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  hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 00:50 +0100
    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-22 00:50 +0100
      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 01:30 +0100
        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-22 01:50 +0100
          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 03:40 +0100
            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 04:10 +0100
            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-22 04:50 +0100
              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 06:00 +0100
                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-01-22 08:10 +0100
                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 10:40 +0100
                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-01-22 11:20 +0100
                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 13:20 +0100
                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-23 09:10 +0100
                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-22 18:20 +0100
                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 20:00 +0100
                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-22 22:30 +0100
                            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-23 00:40 +0100
                              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-01-23 01:10 +0100
                                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-23 03:10 +0100
                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-23 03:30 +0100
                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-01-23 03:40 +0100
                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-23 03:10 +0100
                            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-23 09:00 +0100
                              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-23 14:50 +0100
                                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-01-23 19:30 +0100
                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-23 20:00 +0100
                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-23 20:10 +0100
                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-01-23 21:00 +0100
                                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-24 00:50 +0100
                                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-01-24 01:20 +0100
                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-23 21:10 +0100
                                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-01-23 21:20 +0100
                                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-24 01:00 +0100
                                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-24 17:40 +0100
                                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-25 01:00 +0100
                                            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-25 09:40 +0100
                                              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-25 12:20 +0100
                                                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-25 13:10 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-25 17:30 +0100
                                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-25 18:00 +0100
                                              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 01:40 +0100
                                                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-26 03:30 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-26 05:20 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 05:40 +0100
                                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-26 11:20 +0100
                                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 17:50 +0100
                                                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-26 18:00 +0100
                                                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-26 19:00 +0100
                                                            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-27 06:10 +0100
                                                          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-26 23:40 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-26 19:20 +0100
                                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2022-01-26 20:00 +0100
                                                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 16:40 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-26 16:50 +0100
                                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 16:50 +0100
                                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-26 23:40 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 17:10 +0100
                                                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 17:50 +0100
                                                    Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-26 20:30 +0100
                                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-26 20:50 +0100
                                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2022-01-27 09:30 +0100
                                                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-27 12:40 +0100
                                                        Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-27 15:10 +0100
                                      Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-23 22:50 +0100
                              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-23 17:00 +0100
                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-22 09:20 +0100
                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2022-01-23 03:00 +0100
                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-23 03:20 +0100
              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-01-22 08:00 +0100
            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-22 18:20 +0100
          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-01-22 07:50 +0100
            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-01-22 15:40 +0100
              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-01-22 17:10 +0100
              Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-22 23:30 +0100
                Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-23 00:00 +0100
                  Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2022-01-23 09:00 +0100
          Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-22 10:10 +0100
            Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-01-22 10:20 +0100

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#244612

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 01:40 +0100
Message-ID<DJEvT-1Ku-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244571
On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > 
> > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable when
> > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > 
> >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > 
> > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!

More like biannually :-)

It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to
login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my
master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of
a redundant computer.

> Ok, I'll bite :)
> 
> Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is it 
> sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns?

I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed
a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the
Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might
be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian.

I can't speak to Gene's wanting a static network configured by his
method, but I'm happy to defend my choice.

Cheers,
David.

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#244614

Fromgene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Date2022-01-26 03:30 +0100
Message-ID<DJGel-30A-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244612
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 7:35:54 PM EST David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable
> > > when
> > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > > 
> > >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> > >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > > 
> > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!
> 
> More like biannually :-)
> 
> It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to
> login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my
> master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of
> a redundant computer.
> 
> > Ok, I'll bite :)
> > 
> > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is it
> > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns?
> 
> I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed
> a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the
> Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might
> be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian.
> 
> I can't speak to Gene's wanting a static network configured by his
> method, but I'm happy to defend my choice.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 
It works fine with no complaints.

Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:

# Example static IP configuration:
#interface eth0
#static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
#static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
#static routers=192.168.0.1
#static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8 fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1

# It is possible to fall back to a static IP if DHCP fails:
# define static profile
profile static_eth0
static ip_address=192.168.71.13/24
static routers=192.168.71.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.71.1

# fallback to static profile on eth0
interface eth0
fallback static_eth0

So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works.
And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no clue 
why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret.

Cheers David, and stay well, Gene Heskett.
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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#244616

FromGreg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Date2022-01-26 05:20 +0100
Message-ID<DJHWN-4kk-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244614
On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 09:27:17PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:

WHY do you HAVE a dhcpcd.conf file if you don't use DHCP on your network?

Or... well, you're not using Debian.  You're using Raspbian, and Raspbian
installs dhcpcd by default as I understand it.  So that's why you HAVE
the file.  So I guess the real question is:

WHY are you LOOKING AT this file, when you know that it's not used, because
you don't have DHCP on your network?

Or... if it turns out that it IS being used, even in the absence of a
DHCP server, then go bother a Raspbian mailing list with your questions
about this piece of software and the issues that it's causing you.
Because those of us who run Debian, on the debian-user mailing list,
do not typically install dhcpcd, nor do we know how it works.

Debian uses isc-dhcp-client, which is a VERY different program.

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#244617

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 05:40 +0100
Message-ID<DJIg9-4sh-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244614
On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 21:27:17 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 7:35:54 PM EST David Wright wrote:
> > I can't speak to Gene's wanting a static network configured by his
> > method, but I'm happy to defend my choice.
> > 
> It works fine with no complaints.

OK. I've already forgotten what you complained in this thread's OP.

> Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:
> 
> # Example static IP configuration:
> #interface eth0
> #static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
> #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
> #static routers=192.168.0.1
> #static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8 fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1
> 
> # It is possible to fall back to a static IP if DHCP fails:
> # define static profile
> profile static_eth0
> static ip_address=192.168.71.13/24
> static routers=192.168.71.1
> static domain_name_servers=192.168.71.1
> 
> # fallback to static profile on eth0
> interface eth0
> fallback static_eth0
> 
> So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works.
> And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no clue 
> why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret.

Drum roll … …

CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz

DHCPCD.CONF(5)              BSD File Formats Manual             DHCPCD.CONF(5)

NAME
     dhcpcd.conf — dhcpcd configuration file

[ … ]

     profile name
             Subsequent options are only parsed for this profile name.

[ … ]

     static value
             Configures a static value.  If you set ip_address then dhcpcd
             will not attempt to obtain a lease and will just use the value
             for the address with an infinite lease time.  If you set
             ip6_address, dhcpcd will continue auto-configuation as normal.

[ … ]

                   interface eth0
                   [ … ]
                   static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
                   [ … ]
                   static routers=192.168.0.1
                   static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1

[ … ]

     fallback profile
             Fall back to using this profile if DHCP fails.  This allows you
             to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf.

/That/ seems clear enough to me.

But excuse me if I was labouring under the impression that you wanted
to nuke DHCP lest "some coder dinking around in dhcp code thinks the
whole world is volatile".

Cheers,
David.

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#244618

Fromgene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Date2022-01-26 11:20 +0100
Message-ID<DJNzb-8eB-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244617
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:36:05 PM EST David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 21:27:17 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 7:35:54 PM EST David Wright wrote:
> > > I can't speak to Gene's wanting a static network configured by his
> > > method, but I'm happy to defend my choice.
> > 
> > It works fine with no complaints.
> 
> OK. I've already forgotten what you complained in this thread's OP.
> 
> > Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:
> > 
> > # Example static IP configuration:
> > #interface eth0
> > #static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
> > #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
> > #static routers=192.168.0.1
> > #static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8
> > fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1
> > 
> > # It is possible to fall back to a static IP if DHCP fails:
> > # define static profile
> > profile static_eth0
> > static ip_address=192.168.71.13/24
> > static routers=192.168.71.1
> > static domain_name_servers=192.168.71.1
> > 
> > # fallback to static profile on eth0
> > interface eth0
> > fallback static_eth0
> > 
> > So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works.
> > And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no
> > clue why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret.
> Drum roll … …
> 
> CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz
> 
> DHCPCD.CONF(5)              BSD File Formats Manual            
> DHCPCD.CONF(5)
> 
> NAME
>      dhcpcd.conf — dhcpcd configuration file
> 
> [ … ]
> 
>      profile name
>              Subsequent options are only parsed for this profile name.
> 
> [ … ]
> 
>      static value
>              Configures a static value.  If you set ip_address then
> dhcpcd will not attempt to obtain a lease and will just use the value
> for the address with an infinite lease time.  If you set ip6_address,
> dhcpcd will continue auto-configuation as normal.
> 
> [ … ]
> 
>                    interface eth0
>                    [ … ]
>                    static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
>                    [ … ]
>                    static routers=192.168.0.1
>                    static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1
> 
> [ … ]
> 
>      fallback profile
>              Fall back to using this profile if DHCP fails.  This
> allows you to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf.
> 
> /That/ seems clear enough to me.
> 
`twould indeed be clear David, but man keeps telling me no such file.

> But excuse me if I was labouring under the impression that you wanted
> to nuke DHCP lest "some coder dinking around in dhcp code thinks the
> whole world is volatile".

The responses I get from this list or any list positively reeks of NIH 
syndrome if you want to do something different for a home net that 
doesn't depend on dhcp. hosts files existed and ran the internet before 
dhcp. I remember using them on both pc's and amiga's 30 years ago. Its 
the short term memory that is plaguing me now. Can you remember using 
trumpet on a pc? I can. The amiga's had miami for a net driver but I 
can't recall if I used it when I wrote our first web page server in ARexx 
we used when we went live on the net for news, pulling the text from the 
teleprompter. WDTV was in the first 5 tv stations in the country that had 
a web page that went live as the live tv news show closed. It also demo'd 
the atrocious spelling of our journalists which got rather hilarious at 
times. :o)

At 87, I spend a lot of time contemplating the hereafter, I get up to go 
get a tool, and when I get to where the tool might be, I have to stop 
until I can remember what I'm hereafter. ;-)
 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 
> .
Take care and stay well David.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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#244630

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 17:50 +0100
Message-ID<DJTEC-3MD-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244618
On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 05:14:32 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:36:05 PM EST David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 21:27:17 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 7:35:54 PM EST David Wright wrote:
> > > > I can't speak to Gene's wanting a static network configured by his
> > > > method, but I'm happy to defend my choice.
> > > 
> > > It works fine with no complaints.
> > 
> > OK. I've already forgotten what you complained [about] in this thread's OP.
> > 
> > > Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:
> > > 
> > > # Example static IP configuration:
> > > #interface eth0
> > > #static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
> > > #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
> > > #static routers=192.168.0.1
> > > #static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8
> > > fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1
> > > 
> > > # It is possible to fall back to a static IP if DHCP fails:
> > > # define static profile
> > > profile static_eth0
> > > static ip_address=192.168.71.13/24
> > > static routers=192.168.71.1
> > > static domain_name_servers=192.168.71.1
> > > 
> > > # fallback to static profile on eth0
> > > interface eth0
> > > fallback static_eth0
> > > 
> > > So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works.
> > > And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no
> > > clue why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret.
> > Drum roll … …
> > 
> > CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz
> > 
> > DHCPCD.CONF(5)              BSD File Formats Manual            
> > DHCPCD.CONF(5)
> > 
> > NAME
> >      dhcpcd.conf — dhcpcd configuration file
> > 
> > [ … ]
> > 
> >      profile name
> >              Subsequent options are only parsed for this profile name.
> > 
> > [ … ]
> > 
> >      static value
> >              Configures a static value.  If you set ip_address then
> > dhcpcd will not attempt to obtain a lease and will just use the value
> > for the address with an infinite lease time.  If you set ip6_address,
> > dhcpcd will continue auto-configuation as normal.
> > 
> > [ … ]
> > 
> >                    interface eth0
> >                    [ … ]
> >                    static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
> >                    [ … ]
> >                    static routers=192.168.0.1
> >                    static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1
> > 
> > [ … ]
> > 
> >      fallback profile
> >              Fall back to using this profile if DHCP fails.  This
> > allows you to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf.
> > 
> > /That/ seems clear enough to me.
> > 
> `twould indeed be clear David, but man keeps telling me no such file.

And the first word in "CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz"
should tell you that I don't have that file either, but I downloaded
dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb just as I did last time you raised this.
And if I type "man" into google, I get a list of previously sought
man pages as the response, rather than "camera tv".

> > But excuse me if I was labouring under the impression that you wanted
> > to nuke DHCP lest "some coder dinking around in dhcp code thinks the
> > whole world is volatile".
> 
> The responses I get from this list or any list positively reeks of NIH 
> syndrome if you want to do something different for a home net that 
> doesn't depend on dhcp. hosts files existed and ran the internet before 
> dhcp.

And when you install Debian, it helpfully writes one for you. I don't
know what is NIH about that. But your response here doesn't state
unambiguously whether you want to run DHCP or not, nor whether you do
or don't. Others have suggested that the OS you're actually dealing
with is one that sets up certain things in a non-Debian manner. If so,
then you need to investigate what those things are, and fit your
changes round them, rather than just fighting it, trying to return to
some "Golden Age" of networking from the 1990s.

Cheers,
David.

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#244632

FromGreg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Date2022-01-26 18:00 +0100
Message-ID<DJTOj-3QG-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244630
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:42:23AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> And the first word in "CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz"
> should tell you that I don't have that file either, but I downloaded
> dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb just as I did last time you raised this.
> And if I type "man" into google, I get a list of previously sought
> man pages as the response, rather than "camera tv".

Why not just use
<https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd.conf.5.en.html>?
Is it too new?  You can replace "bullseye" with "buster" in the URL.
Or "stretch", etc.

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#244634

FromAndrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Date2022-01-26 19:00 +0100
Message-ID<DJUKm-4to-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244632

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On Mi, 26 ian 22, 11:55:36, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:42:23AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > And the first word in "CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz"
> > should tell you that I don't have that file either, but I downloaded
> > dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb just as I did last time you raised this.
> > And if I type "man" into google, I get a list of previously sought
> > man pages as the response, rather than "camera tv".
> 
> Why not just use
> <https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd.conf.5.en.html>?

+1 for manpages.debian.org, it's even possible to have it as an 
additional search engine in browsers that support it.

> Is it too new?  You can replace "bullseye" with "buster" in the URL.
> Or "stretch", etc.
 
I should close #931992 then ;)


Kind regards,
Andrei
-- 
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

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#244657

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2022-01-27 06:10 +0100
Message-ID<DK5cJ-3je-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244634
On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 18:56:17 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 26 ian 22, 11:55:36, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:42:23AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > And the first word in "CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz"
> > > should tell you that I don't have that file either, but I downloaded
> > > dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb just as I did last time you raised this.
> > > And if I type "man" into google, I get a list of previously sought
> > > man pages as the response, rather than "camera tv".
> > 
> > Why not just use
> > <https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd.conf.5.en.html>?

For pasting the manpage extracts? That's simple. In
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/01/msg01055.html
Gene quoted "the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf" so I needed to
see that file.

  $ apt-file find /etc/dhcpcd.conf
  dhcpcd5: /etc/dhcpcd.conf                 
  $ 

Have I got, or ever even seen, package dhcpcd5? Leaving off the
5 in case it's a version number:

  $ grep -r dhcpcd /home/debian/packages/ ~/pc/configure/out-of-date/dpkg-l-*
  $ 

No—never installed it, going back as far as hamm. So, off to
  https://packages.debian.org/index
to get the link, and wget downloads the package into
/home/debian/bullseye/dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb
as there's no point in apt-get -d putting it into my cache.
(Besides, I'm here sitting at a buster machine.)

Then mc opens the .deb file as if it were a local directory.
Everything's there: the configuration file itself, and all
the docs, including the manpage(s).

So why use <https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd.conf.5.en.html>?

Cheers,
David.

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#244644

Fromgene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Date2022-01-26 23:40 +0100
Message-ID<DJZ7j-7zo-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244632
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 11:55:36 AM EST Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:42:23AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > And the first word in "CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz"
> > should tell you that I don't have that file either, but I downloaded
> > dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb just as I did last time you raised this.
> > And if I type "man" into google, I get a list of previously sought
> > man pages as the response, rather than "camera tv".
> 
> Why not just use
> <https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd.conf.5.en.html>?
> Is it too new?  You can replace "bullseye" with "buster" in the URL.
> Or "stretch", etc.
> 
I wasn't aware of that resource, thank you.
> .


Cheers, Gene Heskett.
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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#244635

FromAndrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Date2022-01-26 19:20 +0100
Message-ID<DJV3H-4Rd-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244614

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On Ma, 25 ian 22, 21:27:17, gene heskett wrote:
> 
> It works fine with no complaints.
> 
> Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf:
> 
> # Example static IP configuration:
> #interface eth0
> #static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
> #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
> #static routers=192.168.0.1
> #static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8 fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1
> 
> # It is possible to fall back to a static IP if DHCP fails:
> # define static profile
> profile static_eth0
> static ip_address=192.168.71.13/24
> static routers=192.168.71.1
> static domain_name_servers=192.168.71.1
> 
> # fallback to static profile on eth0
> interface eth0
> fallback static_eth0
> 
> So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works.
> And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no clue 
> why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret.

This must be the most complicated, round-about, inefficient method I've 
ever seen to configure a static IP :)

Is it so difficult to find out what is the canonical method to configure 
a static IP on a Raspberry Pi OS? This is such a basic task it should be 
somewhere in their documentation, wiki, whatever.

Even if they don't officially support static IPs (which I seriously 
doubt), you could still find out what is starting dhcpcd and disable it.

Then it should be possible to configure a static IP with any of Debian's 
network management tools you like. You might need to install it first 
though, preferably while the network connection is still up ;).

Kind regards,
Andrei
-- 
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

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#244638

FromReco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>
Date2022-01-26 20:00 +0100
Message-ID<DJVGq-57v-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244635
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:11:36PM +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > # fallback to static profile on eth0
> > interface eth0
> > fallback static_eth0
> > 
> > So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works.
> > And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no clue 
> > why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret.
> 
> This must be the most complicated, round-about, inefficient method I've 
> ever seen to configure a static IP :)

I disagree. One can install NetworkManager, and then it will get even
more complicated.


> Is it so difficult to find out what is the canonical method to configure 
> a static IP on a Raspberry Pi OS? This is such a basic task it should be 
> somewhere in their documentation, wiki, whatever.

Curiously enough, this time Gene used "official" way to configure static
IP on RPi - [1]. Official documentation does not even mention e/n/i.


> Then it should be possible to configure a static IP with any of Debian's 
> network management tools you like.

And *that* would be fighting the distribution-approved method, and not
working with it. It's totally possible (I did it), but then again, it's
totally possible to install a real Debian on RPi.


All this once again proves us, folks - RaspberryPi OS is not Debian. It's
Debian-based. Certain list members do not see the difference, let's
refrain from pointing fingers :)

Reco

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#static-ip-addresses

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#244625

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 16:40 +0100
Message-ID<DJSyS-36Q-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244612
On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 18:35:54 -0600, David Wright wrote:

> On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > > 
> > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable when
> > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > > 
> > >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> > >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > > 
> > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!
> 
> More like biannually :-)
> 
> It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to
> login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my
> master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of
> a redundant computer.

I am sure sue the use of the dawn of time /etc/hosts is a workabble
solution. However many (most?) users will have libnns-mdns installed
and immediately up to the job of resolving hostnames on a statically
or dynamically configured network and is maintenance-free. Why not use
it?
 
> > Ok, I'll bite :)
> > 
> > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is it 
> > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns?
> 
> I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed
> a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the
> Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might
> be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian.

Ouch indeed! The baisc structure and content of the wiki page was
established in 2006. Its stated purpose is for "...tracking how Debian
supports mdns and zeroconf stuff,...". The Discussion section is (IMO)
inappropriate for a wiki page.

The Arch wiki page is technically more informed and, with care, would
guide a Debian user in the right direcion.

Having said that, 'ssh desktop.local' does not require much guidance.

-- 
Brian.

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#244626

Fromgene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Date2022-01-26 16:50 +0100
Message-ID<DJSIx-3aE-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244625
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:31:46 AM EST Brian wrote:
> On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 18:35:54 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable
> > > > when
> > > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > > > 
> > > >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> > > >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > > > 
> > > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!
> > 
> > More like biannually :-)
> > 
> > It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to
> > login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my
> > master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of
> > a redundant computer.
> 
> I am sure sue the use of the dawn of time /etc/hosts is a workabble
> solution. However many (most?) users will have libnns-mdns installed
> and immediately up to the job of resolving hostnames on a statically
> or dynamically configured network and is maintenance-free. Why not use
> it?
> 
> > > Ok, I'll bite :)
> > > 
> > > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is
> > > it
> > > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns?
> > 
> > I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed
> > a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the
> > Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might
> > be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian.
> 
> Ouch indeed! The baisc structure and content of the wiki page was
> established in 2006. Its stated purpose is for "...tracking how Debian
> supports mdns and zeroconf stuff,...". The Discussion section is (IMO)
> inappropriate for a wiki page.
> 
> The Arch wiki page is technically more informed and, with care, would
> guide a Debian user in the right direcion.
> 
> Having said that, 'ssh desktop.local' does not require much guidance.

If a machine is "there" to reply, which one is it?

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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#244627

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 16:50 +0100
Message-ID<DJSIx-3aE-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244626
On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 10:39:42 -0500, gene heskett wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:31:46 AM EST Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 18:35:54 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > > > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable
> > > > > when
> > > > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > > > > 
> > > > >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> > > > >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > > > > 
> > > > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!
> > > 
> > > More like biannually :-)
> > > 
> > > It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to
> > > login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my
> > > master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of
> > > a redundant computer.
> > 
> > I am sure sue the use of the dawn of time /etc/hosts is a workabble
> > solution. However many (most?) users will have libnns-mdns installed
> > and immediately up to the job of resolving hostnames on a statically
> > or dynamically configured network and is maintenance-free. Why not use
> > it?
> > 
> > > > Ok, I'll bite :)
> > > > 
> > > > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is
> > > > it
> > > > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns?
> > > 
> > > I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed
> > > a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the
> > > Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might
> > > be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian.
> > 
> > Ouch indeed! The baisc structure and content of the wiki page was
> > established in 2006. Its stated purpose is for "...tracking how Debian
> > supports mdns and zeroconf stuff,...". The Discussion section is (IMO)
> > inappropriate for a wiki page.
> > 
> > The Arch wiki page is technically more informed and, with care, would
> > guide a Debian user in the right direcion.
> > 
> > Having said that, 'ssh desktop.local' does not require much guidance.
> 
> If a machine is "there" to reply, which one is it?

Sorry, I don't follow.

-- 
Brian.

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#244645

Fromgene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Date2022-01-26 23:40 +0100
Message-ID<DJZ7j-7zo-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244627
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:49:35 AM EST Brian wrote:
> On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 10:39:42 -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:31:46 AM EST Brian wrote:
> > > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 18:35:54 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > > > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > > > > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and
> > > > > > reliable
> > > > > > when
> > > > > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> > > > > >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!
> > > > 
> > > > More like biannually :-)
> > > > 
> > > > It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going
> > > > to
> > > > login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing
> > > > my
> > > > master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold
> > > > of
> > > > a redundant computer.
> > > 
> > > I am sure sue the use of the dawn of time /etc/hosts is a workabble
> > > solution. However many (most?) users will have libnns-mdns
> > > installed
> > > and immediately up to the job of resolving hostnames on a
> > > statically
> > > or dynamically configured network and is maintenance-free. Why not
> > > use
> > > it?
> > > 
> > > > > Ok, I'll bite :)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or
> > > > > is
> > > > > it
> > > > > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns?
> > > > 
> > > > I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed
> > > > a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the
> > > > Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might
> > > > be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian.
> > > 
> > > Ouch indeed! The baisc structure and content of the wiki page was
> > > established in 2006. Its stated purpose is for "...tracking how
> > > Debian
> > > supports mdns and zeroconf stuff,...". The Discussion section is
> > > (IMO)
> > > inappropriate for a wiki page.
> > > 
> > > The Arch wiki page is technically more informed and, with care,
> > > would
> > > guide a Debian user in the right direcion.
> > > 
> > > Having said that, 'ssh desktop.local' does not require much
> > > guidance.
> > 
> > If a machine is "there" to reply, which one is it?
> 
> Sorry, I don't follow.

IDK for sure, but the descriptions I've speed read, seem to indicate a 
rather wild card approach, and that spooks me a bit, so I was trying to 
be a little facetious. Obviously I failed.

Thanks Brian 

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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#244628

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 17:10 +0100
Message-ID<DJT1U-3xo-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244625
On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 15:54:38 +0000, mick crane wrote:

> On 2022-01-26 15:31, Brian wrote:
> 
> > Having said that, 'ssh desktop.local' does not require much guidance.
> 
> Is .local mDNS specific ?

Yes.

> I thought we are supposed to not use .local for a home network.

That caveat is for allocating a domain name.

-- 
Brian.

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#244629

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 17:50 +0100
Message-ID<DJTEC-3MD-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244625
On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 15:31:46 (+0000), Brian wrote:
> On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 18:35:54 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable when
> > > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available.
> > > > 
> > > >   brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local
> > > >   192.168.7.235   envy4500.local
> > > > 
> > > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022!
> > 
> > More like biannually :-)
> > 
> > It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to
> > login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my
> > master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of
> > a redundant computer.
> 
> I am sure sue the use of the dawn of time /etc/hosts is a workabble
> solution. However many (most?) users will have libnns-mdns installed
> and immediately up to the job of resolving hostnames on a statically
> or dynamically configured network and is maintenance-free. Why not use
> it?

Me personally? Because I want to avoid any complications with
configuring two cooperating routers; because I want to be able to spot
"foreign" interfaces by IP# (my brain doesn't work with either UUIDs
or MACs); because I want to be able to poke a hole into my network,
which raises security concerns; because I want to recognise that
two IP#s point to the same machine (MACs again); because knowing
how it all works is more valuable to me than the effort of lifting
a finger to maintain it once in a while.

Bear in mind that I'm likely installing Debian on something at
the time I'm making said tweak, and perhaps having to relocate
some functionailty to another machine if there's one heading for
recycling at the same time. With running the d-i and configuring
the router, what's to get worked up about with adding a line to
/etc/hosts?

I've worked this way for 15 years and, unlike Gene, I'm not having
to fight any battles over it. I'm sure mDNS is perfect for people
with different demands from mine.

Cheers,
David.

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#244639

FromBrian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Date2022-01-26 20:30 +0100
Message-ID<DJW9r-5zA-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244629
On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 10:42:38 -0600, David Wright wrote:

[Snipping]

> I've worked this way for 15 years and, unlike Gene, I'm not having
> to fight any battles over it. I'm sure mDNS is perfect for people
> with different demands from mine.

My question was really directed at all users, particularly those who
do not appreciate the existance or basic function of Avahi. I am not
dead set aginst /etc/hosts and the explantion of your successful mode
of working should give pause for thought.

-- 
Brian.

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#244640

FromGreg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Date2022-01-26 20:50 +0100
Message-ID<DJWsO-5Hh-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244639
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:26:49PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 10:42:38 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > I've worked this way for 15 years and, unlike Gene, I'm not having
> > to fight any battles over it. I'm sure mDNS is perfect for people
> > with different demands from mine.
> 
> My question was really directed at all users, particularly those who
> do not appreciate the existance or basic function of Avahi. I am not
> dead set aginst /etc/hosts and the explantion of your successful mode
> of working should give pause for thought.

I don't know how many people know *anything* about it at all.  I certainly
don't, other than what's been mentioned in this thread.

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