traditional static ip with nm

[David Griffith <dgriffi cs csubak edu>]

I have machines that must be set up with static IP addresses the 
traditional way, that is, edit /etc/resolv.conf and 
/etc/network/interfaces.  Recently I've been wondering if it's possible to 
run Network Manager such that it's not possible to mess with those files. 
Why?  Soon I plan to make much more use of VPNs and I would like to use 
Network Manager to handle that.

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David Griffith
dgriffi cs csubak edu

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