Re: stable and portable "NM_CONTROLLED=no "?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 17:26 +0000, Marc Herbert wrote:
> Dan Williams a écrit :
> 
> > On Fedora/RHEL systems, ifcfg files are not obsolete.  We decided it was
> > pointless to obsolete a format that system administrators know well and
> > that many tools already handle well.  Thus, we're trying to make sure
> > that the ifcfg-rh settings plugin reads and writes ifcfg files as well
> > as possible.
> 
> Well, that is good to know.
> 
> 
> > For your system, the recommended way of unmanaging a device is to use
> > NM_CONTROLLED=no and HWADDR in an ifcfg file.
> 
> Any reason why this is preferred over [keyfile]:unmanaged-devices?
> (assuming it is)

Mainly because it's using the well-known ifcfg method, that's all.  I'd
say NM_CONTROLLED is mildly preferred over keyfile.

Dan