Replace Network Manager with dhcpd on headless system - any issues?

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 01:19:04PM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Sonntag, dem 13.02.2022 um 11:54 +0000 schrieb Chris Green:
> 
> > 
> > I may end up leaving Network Manager in charge as it's *reasonably*
> > straightforward and I know how it works at present.  The only issue
> > is
> > how to get to manage it remotely.  I guess I can just install xubuntu
> > with a real screen on the system and then just work remotely.  The
> > network interface is never going to change.
> > 
> 
> network-manager nowadays comes with nmtui to manage conections from
> commandline, take a look ;) 
> 
Of course, thank you. :-)

I use the lower level (but probably controls everything) nmcli
interface already.

> (though this is not as powerfull as the super failsafe "netplan try"
> with which you can test out connection settings without locking
> yourself out (it seamlessly goes back to the former config if something
> went wrong and you locked yourself out, so you can always get back in
> to that remote machine without having to visit it in person))
> 
It's not going to be that far away (the computer that is), just 50
metres or so.

-- 
Chris Green