NetworkManager cli docs

nodata lsof at nodata.co.uk
Mon Nov 24 19:21:54 UTC 2008


Am Montag, den 24.11.2008, 11:00 -0500 schrieb Dan Williams:
> On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 14:33 +0100, nodata wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can anyone point me at the docs for configuring NetworkManager without
> > the tray applet?
> > 
> > I've tried google, the gnome.org nm page, and the man pages. I can't
> > find a thing.
> 
> NetworkManager provides a D-Bus API for controlling network connections,
> as seen here:  http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager/spec.html .
> 
> For setting up network connections without a user settings service,
> NetworkManager provides a system-wide settings service which reads
> ifcfg-* files like you'd normally create on Fedora.  Be sure to set
> NM_CONTROLLED=yes, and NetworkManager should pick them up and use them
> as long as ONBOOT=yes (which means bring it up automatically).
> 
> Dan
> 
> 

Thanks for this. I've got two more questions:

1. How will users find out about this? I can't find any documentation
without using the magic NM_CONTROLLED search term.
2. Is there a cli network manager tool planned for Fedora?





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