Re: Is Network Manager in 11.3 different from 11.2?

[RSmits <bob rsmits ca>]

Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 11:17 -0700, Robert Smits wrote:
>>> For many years I've used scpm to reconfigure my laptop by changing the
>>> nfs
>>> fstab file depending on what environment I was in. This year I
>>> understand
>>> scpm is no longer available in 11.3, and I've been told to use network
>>> manager. In 11.2, network manager, despite it's name couldn't manage
>>> networks, just connections. Has network manager changed so I can easily
>>> alter my nfs setup as I move my laptop from connection to connection?
> 
>>That depends on exactly what your needs were :)  Back in 2008 your
>>question was about "network profiles" which you could select at startup
>>and which would automatically start your NFS/SMB shares for you when the
>>network was connected.
> 
> Yes, because that is the way SCPM works - you can either change network
> settings on bootup or on the fly. Very convenient.
> 
>>In NM-land you can do that with dispatcher scripts, which are basically
>>like hooks that run when the network has gone up or has gone down.
>>There's more information about this in 'man NetworkManager'.
> 
>>NetworkManager works with "connections" which are mostly like profiles,
>>except you don't have to pick one on startup.  They are mostly
>>autodetected for those network types where we can detect such stuff.
>>Each connection has an UUID (universally unique identifier) which can be
>>used to perform operations when that connection goes up or down, like
>>mounting specific shares.
> 
> I have several other machines on my nfs network at home. Can
> NetworkManager detect which of them are up any any given point in time?
> It's all on the same network.
> 
>>What's not there that I seem to recall you wanted was the ability to
>>automatically mount shares without having to write scripts because at
>>the time you were not comfortable doing so.  And I admit there is not a
>>good, user-friendly mechanism to do this yet from the GUI.  It can,
>>however, be done with dispatcher scripts.
> 
> Yes, and I'm still not. I just want an end result - having my nfs shares
> show up whenever I'm connected and the originating machine is on. 
> 
>>In Fedora we ship an 05-netfs script which restarts the 'netfs' service
>>when a network connection goes up or down.  'netfs'is is a simple
>>service that mounts and unmounts any CIFS/SMB, NFS, or NetWare mount
>>listed in /etc/fstab.  I have to assume that SUSE has something similar.
>>It doesn't care about the connection UUID, but UUID checks could be
>>added to bring up certain shares only when connected to your home
>>network for example.
> 
> Yes that should do it. What happens in Fedora if an nfs mount in fstab is
> not found?
> 
> Bob
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