[e33ddee] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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[d497e89] | 7 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-http
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| 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/0.9/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-ftp
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| 10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/NetworkManager/0.9/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-md5sum "66a54b51a4998c484613911b72a7e6ff">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-size "1.8 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-buildsize "65 MB">
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| 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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| 34 | <para><application>NetworkManager</application> is a set of co-operative
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| 35 | tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired,
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| 36 | 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network
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| 37 | to another: once a network has been configured and joined once, it can be
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| 38 | detected and re-joined automatically the next time its available.</para>
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| 39 |
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[d497e89] | 40 | &lfs70_checked;
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[e33ddee] | 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-http;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &NetworkManager-md5sum;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download size: &NetworkManager-size;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &NetworkManager-buildsize;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Estimated build time: &NetworkManager-time;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | </itemizedlist>
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| 63 |
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[7114aa56] | 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[e33ddee] | 65 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[7114aa56] | 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 68 | url="&patch-root;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-upstream-fix-1.patch"/></para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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[e33ddee] | 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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[d497e89] | 72 | url="&patch-root;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-lfs-1.patch"/></para>
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[e33ddee] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NetworkManager Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 79 | <para role="required">
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| 80 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="iptables"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 84 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>,
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| 85 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/>,
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| 86 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
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| 87 | <xref linkend="udev"/> and
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| 88 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 92 | <para role="recommended">
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| 93 | <xref linkend="consolekit"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or
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| 95 | <xref linkend="dhcp-client"/> and
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| 96 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 97 | (Required if building Gnome Shell).
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| 98 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 99 |
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[d0880dfa] | 100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 101 | <para role="optional">
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| 102 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 103 | <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ModemManager/">
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| 104 | ModemManager</ulink>,
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| 105 | <xref linkend="ppp"/> and
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| 106 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (Built with DBus support).
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| 107 | </para>
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[d0880dfa] | 108 |
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[e33ddee] | 109 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 110 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/NetworkManager"/></para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 115 | <title>Installation of NetworkManager</title>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>Install <application>NetworkManager</application> by running the following
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| 118 | commands:</para>
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| 119 |
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[7114aa56] | 120 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-upstream-fix-1.patch &&
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| 121 | patch -Np1 -i ../NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-lfs-1.patch &&
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[e33ddee] | 122 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[d497e89] | 123 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[e33ddee] | 124 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager \
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| 125 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 126 | --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no \
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[d497e89] | 127 | --with-crypto=gnutls &&
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[e33ddee] | 128 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | </sect2>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 139 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <para><parameter>--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no</parameter>: This parameter is
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| 142 | needed to avoid <application>systemd</application> files being installed.</para>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <para><parameter>--with-crypto=gnutls</parameter>: This parameter ensures
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| 145 | the package uses <application>gnutls</application> for cryptography, instead
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| 146 | of <application>nss</application>.</para>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <para><option>--with-distro=lfs</option>: This parameter is only needed if you
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| 149 | failed to create <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> when you installed LFS.
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| 150 | </para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | </sect2>
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| 153 |
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[d497e89] | 154 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 155 | <title>Configuring NetworkManager</title>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-config">
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| 158 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 159 | <para>
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| 160 | <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>
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| 161 | </para>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-config">
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| 164 | <primary
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| 165 | sortas="e-etc-NetworkManager-NetworkManager.conf">
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| 166 | /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | </sect3>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para>
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| 174 | For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
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| 175 | minimal configuration file must be present. Such file is not
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| 176 | installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue following
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| 177 | command as the
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| 178 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to create
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| 179 | minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
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| 180 | </para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf << "EOF"
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| 183 | <literal>[main]
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| 184 | plugins=keyfile</literal>
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| 185 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para>
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| 188 | See <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command> for any additional options.
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | </sect3>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-init">
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| 194 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <para>
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| 197 | To automatically start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon when the
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| 198 | system is rebooted, install the
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| 199 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/networkmanager</filename> bootscript from the
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| 200 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
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| 201 | </para>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
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| 204 | <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 205 | </indexterm>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-networkmanager</userinput></screen>
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| 208 | </sect3>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | </sect2>
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| 211 |
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[e33ddee] | 212 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 213 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <segmentedlist>
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| 216 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 217 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 218 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <seglistitem>
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[d497e89] | 221 | <seg>
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| 222 | nmcli, nm-online, nm-tool and NetworkManager
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| 223 | </seg>
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| 224 | <seg>
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| 225 | libnm-glib.so, libnm-glib-vpn.so and libnm-util.so
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| 226 | </seg>
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| 227 | <seg>
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| 228 | /etc/NetworkManager, /usr/include/libnm-glib,
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| 229 | /usr/include/NetworkManager, /usr/lib/NetworkManager,
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| 230 | /usr/share/NetworkManager, /var/lib/NetworkManager and
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| 231 | /var/run/NetworkManager
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| 232 | </seg>
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[e33ddee] | 233 | </seglistitem>
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| 234 | </segmentedlist>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <variablelist>
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| 237 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 238 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 239 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 240 |
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[d497e89] | 241 | <varlistentry id="nmcli">
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| 242 | <term><command>nmcli</command></term>
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[e33ddee] | 243 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 244 | <para>is a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager
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| 245 | and getting its status.</para>
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmcli">
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| 247 | <primary sortas="b-nmcli">nmcli</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 248 | </indexterm>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <varlistentry id="nm-online">
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| 253 | <term><command>nm-online</command></term>
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| 254 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 255 | <para>is a utility to find out whether we are online.</para>
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[e33ddee] | 256 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-online">
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| 257 | <primary sortas="b-nm-online">nm-online</primary>
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| 258 | </indexterm>
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| 259 | </listitem>
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| 260 | </varlistentry>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <varlistentry id="nm-tool">
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| 263 | <term><command>nm-tool</command></term>
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| 264 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 265 | <para>is used to provide information about NetworkManager,
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| 266 | device, and wireless networks.</para>
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[e33ddee] | 267 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-tool">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-nm-tool">nm-tool</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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[d497e89] | 273 | <varlistentry id="NetworkManager-prog">
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| 274 | <term><command>NetworkManager</command></term>
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[e33ddee] | 275 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 276 | <para>is the network management daemon.</para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-prog">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-NetworkManager-prog">NetworkManager</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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[d497e89] | 283 | <varlistentry id="libnm-glib">
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| 284 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnm-glib.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 285 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 286 | <para>contains functions used by NetworkManager.</para>
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| 287 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-glib">
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| 288 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-glib">libnm-glib.so</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 289 | </indexterm>
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| 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 |
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[d497e89] | 293 | <varlistentry id="libnm-glib-vpn">
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| 294 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnm-glib-vpn.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 295 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 296 | <para>contains functions used by NetworkManager VPN plugins.</para>
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| 297 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-glib-vpn">
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| 298 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-glib-vpn">libnm-glib-vpn.so</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 299 | </indexterm>
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| 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <varlistentry id="libnm-util">
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| 304 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnm-util.so</filename></term>
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| 305 | <listitem>
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[d497e89] | 306 | <para>contains functions used by NetworkManager utils.</para>
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[e33ddee] | 307 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-util">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-util">libnm-util.so</primary>
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| 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | </variablelist>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | </sect2>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | </sect1>
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