a linux virus: NetworkManager

[Nathan Bahn]

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Christopher Chan <
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:

> Rashkae wrote:
> > Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Tom H wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Do you use dhcp or do you have a fixed ip address?
> >>>
> >>> How did you bring your NIC up?
> >>>
> >>    I have a fixed address, set in /etc/network/interfaces
> >>
> >>    but as I said, the network still worked: it was just the DNS which
> didn't work,
> >>    and that happened suddenly,  2 days after the Karmic install !
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Any DHCP client, including network manager, will overwrite the contents
> > of resolv.conf
> >
> > Moving along, nothing to see here.
> >
> >
>
> Except that he does not use dhcp...
>
> Nuke networkmanager from orbit I say!
>
> --
>


This reminds me of something I was asked to troubleshoot this past Tuesday:
This guy had upgraded his machine to Karmic Koala and was now unable to
connect wirelessly  to any access point.  I don't know diddly squat about
C.L.I. commands, but for the most part I can make my way around the G.U.I.;
anyway, I eventually find out that the default setting somewhere was for the
proxy server setting to be on!  Go figure!  (I certainly can't.)  Anyway,
after I turned it "off" -- as it were -- the machine connected just fine
wirelessly.....  I relate this because I find it very strange.
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