On 2016-03-31 02:53, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Benjamin Lefoul
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> But sed -i ALSO changes the inode, and as I said it doesn't work:
>>
>> root@hoptop:~# touch a
>> root@hoptop:~# ls -i a
>> 9700011 a
>> root@hoptop:~# sed -i 's/q/a/g' a
>> root@hoptop:~# ls -i a
>> 9700013 a
>>
>> Benjamin Lefoul
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: 30 March 2016 23:00
>> To: SL Users
>> Subject: Re: How does NetworkManager monitor the connection files?
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Benjamin Lefoul
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have set monitor-connection-files=true in my
>>> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
>>>
>>> It works fine (in fact, instantly) if I edit
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 with emacs or vi (for instance,
>>> changing the IP).
>>>
>>> It fails miserably if I use sudoedit, or sed:
>>>
>>> # grep 100 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>>> IPADDR=192.168.4.100
>>>
>>> # sed -i 's/100/155/g' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>>>
>>> Even though all stats (access modify and change) are renewed.
>>>
>>> It's worse than that: even nmcli con reload afterwards fails.
>>>
>>> In fact, the only way to get the ip to change is by entering the file with
>>> vi, not touching it, and leave with ":wq" (not just ":q").
>>>
>>> Why is that? What is going on here?
>>>
>>> I know, I know, I can use nmcli in scripts, and not string-manipulation
>>> tools, but say I don't want to... :)
>>>
>>> And still, during operations, I'd rather edit the files with sudoedit...
>>
>> "sudo -e ifcfg-file" doesn't change the inode. Can you use "sudo vi
>> ifcfg-file"? (Or whichever editor you prefer.)
>
> Please bottom-post.
>
> Sorry, my mind somehow discarded the sed case.
>
> So the inode's not being monitored...
>

Careful, Tom. Too much of that whining about top/bottom post may prod me to side 
post and annoy everybody. It's done it in the past.

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