Re: nfs home dir, wlan/vpn, network manager

[Pavel Simerda <psimerda redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darod Zyree" <darodzyree gmail com>
> To: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:46:07 PM
> Subject: nfs home dir, wlan/vpn, network manager
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> Hi, how does one configure network-manger to start in/during GDM.

NetworkManager is a system service and therefore typically starts at boot time.

> Users that use laptops and have NFS home directories need to be able to set
> up wlan/vpn before they actually log in so that autofs can mount their home
> directory.

If you want to interface NM (e.g. specify one time passwords or stuff like that) during the login screen, you 
have to use a DM that supports it. As far as I know, current versions of GDM start a Gnome Shell session with 
network-indicator even for the login screen. If you want that handled for a system without Gnome 3, you can 
run nm-applet as part of a login screen that supports system tray. You may have to be more careful with 
NetworkManager 0.8.x, though as it works differently from what I know in the 0.9.x series.

Cheers,

Pavel

> For this test case centos 6.5 was used; gnome 2.28; network-manager version
> 0.8.1.
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