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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[0d7900a] | 7 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-http
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[d497e89] | 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/0.9/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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[0d7900a] | 9 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-ftp
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[d497e89] | 10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/NetworkManager/0.9/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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[6e1616e2] | 11 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-md5sum "38d28f6bd9220d85dfff47210706195c">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-size "2.0 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-buildsize "105 MB">
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[7194e83b] | 14 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-time "1.0 SBU">
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[e33ddee] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="NetworkManager" xreflabel="NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="networkmanager.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to NetworkManager</title>
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| 33 |
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[7ded7e3] | 34 | <para>
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| 35 | <application>NetworkManager</application> is a set of co-operative
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| 36 | tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired,
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| 37 | 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network
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[d6e164b] | 38 | to another: Once a network has been configured and joined once, it can be
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[601a838] | 39 | detected and re-joined automatically the next time it's available.
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[7ded7e3] | 40 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 41 |
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[d6e164b] | 42 | &lfs73_checked;
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[e33ddee] | 43 |
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| 44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-http;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-ftp;"/>
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| 54 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download MD5 sum: &NetworkManager-md5sum;
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| 59 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Download size: &NetworkManager-size;
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| 64 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated disk space required: &NetworkManager-buildsize;
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| 69 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 72 | <para>
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| 73 | Estimated build time: &NetworkManager-time;
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| 74 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </itemizedlist>
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| 77 |
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[4890200] | 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 79 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>
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| 82 | Required patch:
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| 83 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | </itemizedlist>
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| 87 |
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[e33ddee] | 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NetworkManager Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 91 | <para role="required">
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| 92 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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[6e1616e2] | 93 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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[d497e89] | 94 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>,
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[6e1616e2] | 95 | <xref linkend="nss"/> and
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| 96 | <xref linkend="udev"/> or
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| 97 | <xref linkend="udev-extras"/> (for GUdev)
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[d497e89] | 98 | </para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 101 | <para role="recommended">
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| 102 | <xref linkend="consolekit"/>,
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| 103 | <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or
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[697cb83f] | 104 | <xref linkend="dhcp"/> (client only),
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[4b3c4b2] | 105 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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[b7d1d2b] | 106 | <xref linkend="iptables"/>,
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[6e1616e2] | 107 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/>,
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| 108 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="upower"/> and
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| 110 | <xref linkend="vala"/>
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[d497e89] | 111 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 112 |
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[d0880dfa] | 113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 114 | <para role="optional">
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| 115 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 116 | <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ModemManager/">
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[6e1616e2] | 117 | ModemManager</ulink> (0.7 and later), and
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[d6e164b] | 118 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (built with D-Bus support).
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[d497e89] | 119 | </para>
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[d0880dfa] | 120 |
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[e33ddee] | 121 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 122 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/NetworkManager"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 127 | <title>Installation of NetworkManager</title>
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| 128 |
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[7ded7e3] | 129 | <para>
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| 130 | Install <application>NetworkManager</application> by running the following
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| 131 | commands:
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| 132 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 133 |
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[4890200] | 134 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch &&
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[87dfe6b] | 135 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[d497e89] | 136 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[e33ddee] | 137 | --localstatedir=/var \
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[b7d1d2b] | 138 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager \
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[7ded7e3] | 139 | --disable-ppp &&
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[e33ddee] | 140 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 141 |
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[7ded7e3] | 142 | <para>
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[b7d1d2b] | 143 | This package does not come with a testsuite.
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[7ded7e3] | 144 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 145 |
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[7ded7e3] | 146 | <para>
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| 147 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 148 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 149 |
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| 150 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | </sect2>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 155 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 156 |
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[7ded7e3] | 157 | <para>
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| 158 | <option>--disable-ppp</option>: This parameter disables optional
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[6e1616e2] | 159 | <application>PPP</application> support in
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| 160 | <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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[7ded7e3] | 161 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 162 |
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[7ded7e3] | 163 | <para>
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[6e1616e2] | 164 | <option>--enable-doc</option>: Use this switch if you have installed
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| 165 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and wish to build the API manuals.
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[e33ddee] | 166 | </para>
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[d6e164b] | 167 |
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| 168 | <para>
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| 169 | <option>--wihout-iptables</option>: Use this switch if you do not have
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| 170 | <application>Iptables</application>.
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| 171 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 172 |
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| 173 | </sect2>
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| 174 |
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[d497e89] | 175 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 176 | <title>Configuring NetworkManager</title>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-config">
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| 179 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 180 | <para>
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| 181 | <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>
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| 182 | </para>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-config">
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| 185 | <primary
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| 186 | sortas="e-etc-NetworkManager-NetworkManager.conf">
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| 187 | /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</primary>
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| 188 | </indexterm>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | </sect3>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <para>
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| 195 | For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
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| 196 | minimal configuration file must be present. Such file is not
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| 197 | installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue following
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| 198 | command as the
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| 199 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to create
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| 200 | minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
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| 201 | </para>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf << "EOF"
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| 204 | <literal>[main]
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| 205 | plugins=keyfile</literal>
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| 206 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <para>
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| 209 | See <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command> for any additional options.
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[0d7900a] | 210 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 211 |
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| 212 | </sect3>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-init">
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| 215 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | To automatically start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon when the
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| 219 | system is rebooted, install the
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| 220 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/networkmanager</filename> bootscript from the
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| 221 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-networkmanager</userinput></screen>
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| 229 | </sect3>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | </sect2>
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| 232 |
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[e33ddee] | 233 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 234 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <segmentedlist>
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| 237 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 238 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 239 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <seglistitem>
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[d497e89] | 242 | <seg>
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| 243 | nmcli, nm-online, nm-tool and NetworkManager
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| 244 | </seg>
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| 245 | <seg>
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| 246 | libnm-glib.so, libnm-glib-vpn.so and libnm-util.so
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| 247 | </seg>
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| 248 | <seg>
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[7ded7e3] | 249 | /etc/NetworkManager,
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| 250 | /usr/include/libnm-glib,
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| 251 | /usr/include/NetworkManager,
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| 252 | /usr/lib/NetworkManager,
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[6e1616e2] | 253 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libnm-glib,
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| 254 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libnm-util,
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| 255 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/NetworkManager and
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| 256 | /var/lib/NetworkManager
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[d497e89] | 257 | </seg>
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[e33ddee] | 258 | </seglistitem>
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| 259 | </segmentedlist>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <variablelist>
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| 262 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 263 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 264 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 265 |
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[d497e89] | 266 | <varlistentry id="nmcli">
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| 267 | <term><command>nmcli</command></term>
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[e33ddee] | 268 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 269 | <para>
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| 270 | is a command-line tool for controlling
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[0d7900a] | 271 | <application>NetworkManager</application>
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[7ded7e3] | 272 | and getting its status.
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| 273 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 274 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmcli">
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| 275 | <primary sortas="b-nmcli">nmcli</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 276 | </indexterm>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <varlistentry id="nm-online">
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| 281 | <term><command>nm-online</command></term>
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| 282 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 283 | <para>
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| 284 | is a utility to find out whether you are online.
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| 285 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 286 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-online">
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| 287 | <primary sortas="b-nm-online">nm-online</primary>
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| 288 | </indexterm>
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| 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <varlistentry id="nm-tool">
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| 293 | <term><command>nm-tool</command></term>
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| 294 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 295 | <para>
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| 296 | is used to provide information about
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[0d7900a] | 297 | <application>NetworkManager</application>,
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[7ded7e3] | 298 | device, and wireless networks.
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| 299 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 300 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-tool">
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| 301 | <primary sortas="b-nm-tool">nm-tool</primary>
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| 302 | </indexterm>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 | </varlistentry>
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| 305 |
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[d497e89] | 306 | <varlistentry id="NetworkManager-prog">
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| 307 | <term><command>NetworkManager</command></term>
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[e33ddee] | 308 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 309 | <para>
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| 310 | is the network management daemon.
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| 311 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 312 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-prog">
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[7ded7e3] | 313 | <primary sortas="b-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 314 | </indexterm>
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| 315 | </listitem>
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| 316 | </varlistentry>
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| 317 |
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[d497e89] | 318 | <varlistentry id="libnm-glib">
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[6e1616e2] | 319 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnm-glib.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 320 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 321 | <para>
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| 322 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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| 323 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 324 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-glib">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-glib">libnm-glib.so</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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[d497e89] | 330 | <varlistentry id="libnm-glib-vpn">
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[6e1616e2] | 331 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnm-glib-vpn.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 332 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 333 | <para>
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| 334 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
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| 335 | VPN plugins.
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| 336 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 337 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-glib-vpn">
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| 338 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-glib-vpn">libnm-glib-vpn.so</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 339 | </indexterm>
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| 340 | </listitem>
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| 341 | </varlistentry>
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| 342 |
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| 343 | <varlistentry id="libnm-util">
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[6e1616e2] | 344 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnm-util.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 345 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 346 | <para>
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| 347 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
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| 348 | utils.
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| 349 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 350 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-util">
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| 351 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-util">libnm-util.so</primary>
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| 352 | </indexterm>
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| 353 | </listitem>
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| 354 | </varlistentry>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | </variablelist>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | </sect2>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | </sect1>
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