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netplan statically invoking NetworkManager?

 

Recently posted to AskUbuntu - no responses so I bring it here:

With newly installed Ubuntu 18.04 server, successfully connecting with netplan, we have the following files:


    /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d
    /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-ubuntu-fan.conf
    /run/NetworkManager/conf.d
    /run/NetworkManager/conf.d/netplan.conf


In a VBox VM I deleted all four files.

There is no running network-manager process but the /run files are regenerated by running netplan. Is NetworkManager hardcoded to netplan or is there another config file?

Also please note the following output from netplan generate:L

    root@ubserver:/# netplan --debug generate
    DEBUG:command generate: running ['/lib/netplan/generate']
    ** (generate:1153): DEBUG: 02:52:01.235: Processing input file //etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml..
    <...>
    ** (generate:1153): DEBUG: 02:52:01.236: NetworkManager: definition enp0s3 is not for us (backend 1)