Re: migrating configurations of nm-applet

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 01:38 +0100, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 19:51 -0400, Daniel Gnoutcheff wrote: 
> > On 06/25/2010 05:38 PM, I wrote:
> > > On 06/25/2010 11:44 AM, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> > >> Hi, 
> > >> I have a new laptop , and I would like migrate all my configurations and
> > >> vpns , where this information is saved ?.
> > <snip>
> > > What distro are you using? 
> > 
> > I can answer my own question by looking in the archives. :) Sorry for
> > that noise.
> 
> don't worry , yes I am using Fedora 13 .
> 
> 
> > Assuming you're still using Fedora, I think settings for system-wide
> > connections managed by network-manager are stored in
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, specifically in the ifcfg-* files.
> 
> No, all nm-applet configurations are set with local user, so can't write
> on /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and therefore can't be there. 
> > (Though I might be missing some details. I'm a Fedora novice. :)
> > 
> > HTH!
> 
> May Help know how backup and restore gconf. I had to try  it ...

gconftool-2 --dump /system/networking/connections > backup.xml

gconftool-2 --load backup.xml

or something very much like that.

Dan