From: zsd@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2025-12-31 at 17:09 AST, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:00:45 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >   
   >> rpi4-4b ls -l /etc/systemd/network   
   >> total 0   
   >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec  5  2023 73-usb-net-by-mac.link -> /dev/null   
   >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec  5  2023 99-default.link -> /dev/null   
   >   
   > Interesting that you have anything in that directory at all; the one   
   > on my Debian Unstable system is empty.   
      
   I didn't (explicitly) put those there.  I don't know whether they were put   
   there in the installation image or whether some initial configuration I did   
   added those.   
      
   > This symlinking to /dev/null is called “masking”. It explicitly   
   > disables those service entries (originals present in   
   > /lib/systemd/network in this case) so they cannot be   
   > (easily/accidentally) enabled.   
      
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