Re: Is NetworkManager Single User only?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 20:17 -0600, Eli Criffield wrote:
> It sounds like the next version of NM would solve most of the issues i
> have with it.
> 
> NM should still try to be the way all linux systems (servers included)
> configure there network. That would include a drop dead easy applet
> that makes smart guesses about what you want, and a text interface if
> your system doesn't even running X, probably even text configuration
> files (xml?) . If it can't do it using current methods, the they
> should be changed.

That's the plan.  We may not cover 100% of the cases that people have,
but hopefully the most common 90% - 95% of them.  And running X will
certainly _not_ be required to use and configure networking in the next
iteration.

Dan

> Eli
> 
> On 3/12/06, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 16:47 -0600, Eli Criffield wrote:
> > > When using a wifi + a key, network manager won't connect to a network
> > > until you login and unlock the gnome-keyring. Unless I'm mistaken this
> > > means no networking until I login to the console, or someone logs in
> > > else who knows the wifi key.
> >
> > Right; NM doesn't do multi-user yet.
> >
> > The next version of NM is planned to support system-wide configuration,
> > which is what you're asking for here.  An administrator will be able to
> > "publish" a key or other network authorization information to the
> > system.  Once that information is set up, connection on bootup and
> > multi-user connection won't be a problem since the info is available for
> > everyone to use (but not to read, of course).  That should make Ubuntu
> > devs happy :)
> >
> > As we continue to develop NetworkManager, we're going to build it out to
> > support more use cases.  NM was originally developed for just one
> > targetted use case; that of laptop and mobile users.  The goal is to
> > build to support more cases, but still make laptop and mobile cases
> > drop-dead simple.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
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