I want to do network management on the command line

[sam tygier]

On 24/11/11 20:44, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> Because I use live disks and static IPs a lot, I want a way to script
> the network setup.  As it is, the GUI interface through
> System->Preferences->Network Connections is slow and when done a lot
> it's error-prone.  I'd much prefer a way to do it in a script that I
> could, for instance, invoke from a USB drive.
>
> I know some commands that do the trick.  The problem is that the
> network management stuff cancels my work within a minute or so.  I
> tried disabling a few things, but have not come up with a procedure
> that's reliable. I also have not found where the Network Manager's
> configuration files are kept, if they're on disk at all.
>
> Help?
>

sudo stop network-manager

sam