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Yashka

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From: Israel

Registered: 2013-03-26

Posts: 240

[SOLVED]netctl, delete profile

Hi

How to delete a netctl profile?
I did

# netctl stop oldprofile

then

# rm /etc/netctl/oldprofile

but running

# netctl list
oldprofile
...

the oldprofile is still there.

Thank you for reading.

Last edited by Yashka (2015-01-24 09:12:14)

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alphaniner

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Re: [SOLVED]netctl, delete profile

If it was enabled, there is probably still a service in /etc/systemd/system and a symlink to that in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.

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Yashka

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From: Israel

Registered: 2013-03-26

Posts: 240

Re: [SOLVED]netctl, delete profile

If it was enabled, there is probably still a service in /etc/systemd/system and a symlink to that in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.

# ls /etc/systemd/system
getty.target.wants    multi.-user.target.wants    sysinit.target.wants
# ls -l multi-user.target.wants/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Dec 12 13:26 netctl-auto@wlp8s0.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/netctl-auto@.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Dec 12 13:25 netctl-ifplugd@enp7s0.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/netctl-ifplugd@.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Dec 11 04:13 remote-fs.target -> ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/remote-fs.target
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Dec 12 22:49 tor.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/tor.service

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alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

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Re: [SOLVED]netctl, delete profile

So much for that. Have you rebooted? Maybe the profile is just cached.

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Yashka

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From: Israel

Registered: 2013-03-26

Posts: 240

Re: [SOLVED]netctl, delete profile

Have you rebooted? Maybe the profile is just cached.

I didn't rebooted. I can't reboot currently, waiting for file to be downloaded, will reboot after the download will be finished (> 50 minutes).

edit:
It was totaly my mistake. Instade of # rm oldprofile I did #mv oldprofile oldprofile.backup
and then

# netctl list
oldprofile.backup
...

I didn't notice the .backup
I am sorry for the confussion.

But now as a revenge the God of computers is punishing me with

connect: Network is unreachable

appendidg solved for this thread.

Last edited by Yashka (2015-01-24 09:11:50)

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