Re: Can we get rid of network-manager?

[Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>]

Hi Andi (Mundt), Klaus & list,

On Do 24 Feb 2011 12:29:04 CET Klaus Knopper wrote:

> Hello Mike and list,
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:03:18AM +0100, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> > Hi Klaus,
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011, 00:37:45 schrieb Klaus Knopper:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > However, I found that another way of avoiding conflicts between
> > > NetworkManager and ifup/ifdown is possible by just making NetworkManager
> > > aware of everything preconfigured in /etc/network/interfaces, and
> > > actually using this file for NetworkManagers configuration handling, by
> > > setting:
> > >
> > > [main]
> > > plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
> > >
> > > [ifupdown]
> > > managed=true
> >
> > I haven't know these before... This sounds handy.
> >
> > My default network manager configuration though only gets activated  
> > after user
> > login. Does a nm configuration as you propose enable network before the user
> > logs in?
>
> The short answer is "yes". :-)
>
> [...]

@Andi: Doesn't the way Klaus describes possible usage scenarios of  
Network Manager provide guidelines for approaching NetworkManager  
setup on Skolelinux?

To me it's sounds like we should keep network-manager and use the  
approach Klaus provided?!?

Greets,
Mike

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