[rhelv6-beta-list] No tui network setup on server install

[Troy Dawson]

solarflow99 wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Troy Dawson <dawson at fnal.gov> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I guess I'll be the first to bring this up.
>>
>> Doing a basic server install does not install Network Manager - that is
>> good.
>>
>> It also does not install system-config-network - that is bad.
>>
>> Looking at what rpm's are available, system-config-network isn't even
>> offered, it's gone - that is very very bad.
>>
>> So, I look through the RHEL6 documentation, maybe they've replaced it with
>> something.  Yes, they replaced it with NetworkManger.
>> Although in the documentation for editing the configuration files it says
>> "The /etc/sysconfig/networking/ directory is used by the Network
>> Administration Tool (system-config-network) and its contents should not  be
>> edited manually."
>>
>> So I think to myself, let's look in Fedora 13 to see what they changed it
>> to.  But behold, system-config-network is *in* Fedora 13.
>>
>> I'm flabbergasted.  I'm totally stunned.
>> Is RHEL not supposed to be for servers first and desktops second?
>> Why would you purposefully make a sys-admins life harder by removing their
>> network configuration tool.
> 
> if you type "setup" do you still get the option to configure network settings?
> 

No

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Troy Dawson  dawson at fnal.gov  (630)840-6468
Fermilab  ComputingDivision/LSCS/CSI/USS Group
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