Re: Is NetworkManager Single User only?

["Eli Criffield" <elicriffield gmail com>]

Oh well then keep up the good work!

On 3/12/06, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> 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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