CentOS - Jun 2016 - firewall-config not functional

Jonathan Billings wrote:
> On Jun 7, 2016, at 13:03, Emmett Culley <lst_manage at
webengineer.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I can see no use case for NetwortManager on our systems.  All network
>> connections are static.
>
> There are a couple reasons I still use NetworkManager on servers, but one
> big one is that the 'network' service runs once, on boot.  If there
is no
> network connection, your server's network connection will never come up
> until you log in at a console to fix it or reboot. With the speed of
> computers these days, our servers often boot up faster than the networking
> equipment after a power cut.
>
Um, huh? ssh server;service network restart is certainly faster than a
reboot.

     mark

On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:20:23 -0400
m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Um, huh? ssh server;service network restart is certainly faster than a
> reboot.
By what magical incantation will you ssh into a server with no current network
connection?

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Frank Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:20:23 -0400
> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>
>> Um, huh? ssh server;service network restart is certainly faster than a
>> reboot.
>
> By what magical incantation will you ssh into a server with no current
> network connection?
>
Plugging in my monitor-on-a-stick. It's still faster than rebooting.

      mark