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   PID: PyGate 1.5.2   
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   REPLYTO 3:633/10 UUCP   
   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.   
      
   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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