How to prevent gnome Network Settings GUI from overriding my network settings?
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I wish to simply set a Static IP in /etc/network/interfaces file. I'm used to doing this successfully on boxes without a GUI.
But now I am using "Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver" with GNOME and the Network Settings set in the GUI are overriding my /etc/network/interfaces file settings. How can I prevent this?
networking 18.04 gnome network-manager settings
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I wish to simply set a Static IP in /etc/network/interfaces file. I'm used to doing this successfully on boxes without a GUI.
But now I am using "Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver" with GNOME and the Network Settings set in the GUI are overriding my /etc/network/interfaces file settings. How can I prevent this?
networking 18.04 gnome network-manager settings
edited Jan 22 at 13:23
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/etc/network/interfaces no longer controls networking in 18.04. It is managed by netplan. I suggest that you transfer your settings there. netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 21 at 14:50
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@chili555 not 100% accurate. The /etc/netplan/*.yaml file can be set to use NetworkManager, just like the good old days.
– heynnema
Jan 21 at 18:46
Perhaps I should expand my too brief comment above. In any Desktop installation, Network Manager is the preferred and generally quite effective method to manage networking. If one must, and few of us ever will, manage networking using manual methods, in Ubuntu 17.10 and later,/etc/network/interfaceswill be ineffective and ignored as it has been replaced by netplan: netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:04
In server installations, where Network Manager is not installed by default, netplan is required unless one wishes to install ifup/down, remove all netplan yaml files and then populate/etc/network/interfaces. It is a somewhat daunting task to revert to methods that will soon be obsolete. @heynnema
– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:05
@chili555 In desktop machines, the use of NetworkManager and its GUI interface is much easier for users, esp if they frequently use wireless with different SSIDs. Netplan can be set to default to NetworkManager... or set to use Netplan exclusively... but in cli mode only. In servers, netplan is the default. Server admins must learn the somewhat fussy .yaml scripting, and many times have difficulty getting them to work as expected.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:22
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I wish to simply set a Static IP in /etc/network/interfaces file. I'm used to doing this successfully on boxes without a GUI.
But now I am using "Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver" with GNOME and the Network Settings set in the GUI are overriding my /etc/network/interfaces file settings. How can I prevent this?
networking 18.04 gnome network-manager settings
edited Jan 22 at 13:23
Codito ergo sum
1,5043825
asked Jan 21 at 11:43
JSStuballJSStuball
1234
I wish to simply set a Static IP in /etc/network/interfaces file. I'm used to doing this successfully on boxes without a GUI.
But now I am using "Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver" with GNOME and the Network Settings set in the GUI are overriding my /etc/network/interfaces file settings. How can I prevent this?
networking 18.04 gnome network-manager settings
networking 18.04 gnome network-manager settings
edited Jan 22 at 13:23
Codito ergo sum
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asked Jan 21 at 11:43
JSStuballJSStuball
1234
edited Jan 22 at 13:23
Codito ergo sum
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asked Jan 21 at 11:43
JSStuballJSStuball
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edited Jan 22 at 13:23
Codito ergo sum
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edited Jan 22 at 13:23
Codito ergo sum
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edited Jan 22 at 13:23
Codito ergo sum
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1,5043825
asked Jan 21 at 11:43
JSStuballJSStuball
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asked Jan 21 at 11:43
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asked Jan 21 at 11:43
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/etc/network/interfaces no longer controls networking in 18.04. It is managed by netplan. I suggest that you transfer your settings there. netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 21 at 14:50
1
@chili555 not 100% accurate. The /etc/netplan/*.yaml file can be set to use NetworkManager, just like the good old days.
– heynnema
Jan 21 at 18:46
Perhaps I should expand my too brief comment above. In any Desktop installation, Network Manager is the preferred and generally quite effective method to manage networking. If one must, and few of us ever will, manage networking using manual methods, in Ubuntu 17.10 and later,/etc/network/interfaceswill be ineffective and ignored as it has been replaced by netplan: netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:04
In server installations, where Network Manager is not installed by default, netplan is required unless one wishes to install ifup/down, remove all netplan yaml files and then populate/etc/network/interfaces. It is a somewhat daunting task to revert to methods that will soon be obsolete. @heynnema
– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:05
@chili555 In desktop machines, the use of NetworkManager and its GUI interface is much easier for users, esp if they frequently use wireless with different SSIDs. Netplan can be set to default to NetworkManager... or set to use Netplan exclusively... but in cli mode only. In servers, netplan is the default. Server admins must learn the somewhat fussy .yaml scripting, and many times have difficulty getting them to work as expected.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:22
|
show 2 more comments
1
/etc/network/interfaces no longer controls networking in 18.04. It is managed by netplan. I suggest that you transfer your settings there. netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 21 at 14:50
1
@chili555 not 100% accurate. The /etc/netplan/*.yaml file can be set to use NetworkManager, just like the good old days.
– heynnema
Jan 21 at 18:46
Perhaps I should expand my too brief comment above. In any Desktop installation, Network Manager is the preferred and generally quite effective method to manage networking. If one must, and few of us ever will, manage networking using manual methods, in Ubuntu 17.10 and later,/etc/network/interfaceswill be ineffective and ignored as it has been replaced by netplan: netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:04
In server installations, where Network Manager is not installed by default, netplan is required unless one wishes to install ifup/down, remove all netplan yaml files and then populate/etc/network/interfaces. It is a somewhat daunting task to revert to methods that will soon be obsolete. @heynnema
– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:05
@chili555 In desktop machines, the use of NetworkManager and its GUI interface is much easier for users, esp if they frequently use wireless with different SSIDs. Netplan can be set to default to NetworkManager... or set to use Netplan exclusively... but in cli mode only. In servers, netplan is the default. Server admins must learn the somewhat fussy .yaml scripting, and many times have difficulty getting them to work as expected.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:22
1
1
/etc/network/interfaces no longer controls networking in 18.04. It is managed by netplan. I suggest that you transfer your settings there. netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 21 at 14:50
/etc/network/interfaces no longer controls networking in 18.04. It is managed by netplan. I suggest that you transfer your settings there. netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 21 at 14:50
1
1
@chili555 not 100% accurate. The /etc/netplan/*.yaml file can be set to use NetworkManager, just like the good old days.
– heynnema
Jan 21 at 18:46
@chili555 not 100% accurate. The /etc/netplan/*.yaml file can be set to use NetworkManager, just like the good old days.
– heynnema
Jan 21 at 18:46
Perhaps I should expand my too brief comment above. In any Desktop installation, Network Manager is the preferred and generally quite effective method to manage networking. If one must, and few of us ever will, manage networking using manual methods, in Ubuntu 17.10 and later,
/etc/network/interfaces will be ineffective and ignored as it has been replaced by netplan: netplan.io/examples– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:04
Perhaps I should expand my too brief comment above. In any Desktop installation, Network Manager is the preferred and generally quite effective method to manage networking. If one must, and few of us ever will, manage networking using manual methods, in Ubuntu 17.10 and later,
/etc/network/interfaces will be ineffective and ignored as it has been replaced by netplan: netplan.io/examples– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:04
In server installations, where Network Manager is not installed by default, netplan is required unless one wishes to install ifup/down, remove all netplan yaml files and then populate
/etc/network/interfaces. It is a somewhat daunting task to revert to methods that will soon be obsolete. @heynnema– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:05
In server installations, where Network Manager is not installed by default, netplan is required unless one wishes to install ifup/down, remove all netplan yaml files and then populate
/etc/network/interfaces. It is a somewhat daunting task to revert to methods that will soon be obsolete. @heynnema– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:05
@chili555 In desktop machines, the use of NetworkManager and its GUI interface is much easier for users, esp if they frequently use wireless with different SSIDs. Netplan can be set to default to NetworkManager... or set to use Netplan exclusively... but in cli mode only. In servers, netplan is the default. Server admins must learn the somewhat fussy .yaml scripting, and many times have difficulty getting them to work as expected.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:22
@chili555 In desktop machines, the use of NetworkManager and its GUI interface is much easier for users, esp if they frequently use wireless with different SSIDs. Netplan can be set to default to NetworkManager... or set to use Netplan exclusively... but in cli mode only. In servers, netplan is the default. Server admins must learn the somewhat fussy .yaml scripting, and many times have difficulty getting them to work as expected.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:22
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The best way would be to use the network-managerGUI you mentioned itself to set up a static IP. However if you still wish to do it via file /etc/network/interfaces, then you have to disable network manager by
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
Here is a link for more details
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
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answered Jan 21 at 13:55
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Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
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The best way would be to use the network-managerGUI you mentioned itself to set up a static IP. However if you still wish to do it via file /etc/network/interfaces, then you have to disable network manager by
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
Here is a link for more details
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Jan 21 at 13:55
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Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
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The best way would be to use the network-managerGUI you mentioned itself to set up a static IP. However if you still wish to do it via file /etc/network/interfaces, then you have to disable network manager by
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
Here is a link for more details
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Jan 21 at 13:55
thephoenix01thephoenix01
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Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
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The best way would be to use the network-managerGUI you mentioned itself to set up a static IP. However if you still wish to do it via file /etc/network/interfaces, then you have to disable network manager by
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
Here is a link for more details
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
Pablo Bianchi
2,69521532
answered Jan 21 at 13:55
thephoenix01thephoenix01
498616
The best way would be to use the network-managerGUI you mentioned itself to set up a static IP. However if you still wish to do it via file /etc/network/interfaces, then you have to disable network manager by
sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
Here is a link for more details
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
Pablo Bianchi
2,69521532
answered Jan 21 at 13:55
thephoenix01thephoenix01
498616
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
Pablo Bianchi
2,69521532
edited Jan 21 at 19:47
Pablo Bianchi
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Pablo Bianchi
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answered Jan 21 at 13:55
thephoenix01thephoenix01
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answered Jan 21 at 13:55
thephoenix01thephoenix01
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answered Jan 21 at 13:55
thephoenix01thephoenix01
498616
498616
Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
add a comment |
Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Thanks. I only want to do it because I require scripts when interfaces come up, but it looks like this is possible with the NetworkManager anyway.
– JSStuball
Jan 21 at 14:00
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
Well if it helped, consider upvoting the answer :)
– thephoenix01
Jan 21 at 14:03
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
@thephoenix01 if you stop/disable NetworkManager, the GUI becomes useless. NetworkManager shouldn't interfere with /etc/network/interfaces... they've coexisted since forever.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:30
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/etc/network/interfaces no longer controls networking in 18.04. It is managed by netplan. I suggest that you transfer your settings there. netplan.io/examples
– chili555
Jan 21 at 14:50
1
@chili555 not 100% accurate. The /etc/netplan/*.yaml file can be set to use NetworkManager, just like the good old days.
– heynnema
Jan 21 at 18:46
Perhaps I should expand my too brief comment above. In any Desktop installation, Network Manager is the preferred and generally quite effective method to manage networking. If one must, and few of us ever will, manage networking using manual methods, in Ubuntu 17.10 and later,
/etc/network/interfaceswill be ineffective and ignored as it has been replaced by netplan: netplan.io/examples– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:04
In server installations, where Network Manager is not installed by default, netplan is required unless one wishes to install ifup/down, remove all netplan yaml files and then populate
/etc/network/interfaces. It is a somewhat daunting task to revert to methods that will soon be obsolete. @heynnema– chili555
Jan 22 at 0:05
@chili555 In desktop machines, the use of NetworkManager and its GUI interface is much easier for users, esp if they frequently use wireless with different SSIDs. Netplan can be set to default to NetworkManager... or set to use Netplan exclusively... but in cli mode only. In servers, netplan is the default. Server admins must learn the somewhat fussy .yaml scripting, and many times have difficulty getting them to work as expected.
– heynnema
Jan 22 at 0:22