NetworkManager?

[Hervé Fache]

If NM becomes _that_ reliable, it could maybe _replace_ the current
network management stuff? Or both could merge into some
upstart-managed stuff? Or am I digressing?

Hervé.


On 9/20/06, Andreas Schildbach <andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> Alex Mauer wrote:
>
> >>>  * you need networking to work before a user logs in
> >> I'm not totally sure about this one. If you have such requirements, it's
> >> likely to be on a server and hence out of scope for network manager?
> >
> > Kerberos authentication is one case where this is needed, and not (only)
> > on a server.
>
> As far as I understand NM, it is a daemon that is loaded during init. It
> could very well set up network connections at boot time, it only needs
> to be configured somehow.
>
> In a Kerberos environment, machines should perhaps be pre-installed with
> a network manager configuration? If you install the system yourself, you
> could set up the crucial connection with the Live-CD user, relying on
> the installation process to migrate the connection?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andreas
>
>
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