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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:18:12 JST feld
   I'm sorry but WHY is it so hard to figure out how the network is configured on a modern Debian 12 server? The ip address and interface config is not found anywhere in /etc but somehow it exists and uses the correct static IP on boot
   
   why the hell did Debian/Linux have to make it so complicated to configure the network? There should be one way and ONLY one way
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     Hal Pomeranz (hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:44:00 JST Hal Pomeranz

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     @feld On my Debian 12 machine it’s in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections and configured via nmcli.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:44:00 JST feld

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     • Hal Pomeranz
     @hal_pomeranz
     
     it could also be /etc/network/interfaces
     
     it could also be /etc/netplan
     
     it could also be /etc/systemd/network/10-ens3.network
     
     It all depends on what came with your cloud image
     
     I hate this OS so much. It used to be good because it was reliable and simple and now it's just a nightmare to deal with these things. DNS configuration is also incredibly opaque.
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:47:37 JST Johnny Peligro

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     • Hal Pomeranz
     @feld @hal_pomeranz on nixos (yeah, yeah) at least, there's centralized config knob https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=24.11&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=networking
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 01:39:53 JST feld

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     • Ryan Peters
     • Hal Pomeranz
     @ryan @hal_pomeranz I suspect so
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     Ryan Peters (ryan@social.binarydad.com)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 01:39:54 JST Ryan Peters

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     • Hal Pomeranz

     @feld @hal_pomeranz is this the same headache with Ubuntu?