NetworkManager cli docs

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 20:21 +0100, nodata wrote:
> 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.

What exactly are you trying to find out?  For the most part, if you have
an ifcfg file that doesn't use bridges or aliases, NM will just pick it
up and handle it provided NM_CONTROLLED=yes or is absent.  NM_CONTROLLED
is about as well documented as any of the other options in ifcfg files.

> 2. Is there a cli network manager tool planned for Fedora?

Yes.

Dan