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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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[eae0d6d1] | 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/&NetworkManager-minor;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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[0d7900a] | 9 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-ftp
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[eae0d6d1] | 10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/NetworkManager/&NetworkManager-minor;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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[faacea4] | 11 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-md5sum "e496a6af920e788fd39710799f88721a">
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[06d900b] | 12 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-size "6.4 MB">
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[faacea4] | 13 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-buildsize "257 MB (with tests and documentation)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-time "0.7 SBU (with tests, using parallelism=4)">
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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 |
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| 21 | <title>NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;</title>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager">
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| 24 | <primary sortas="a-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 25 | </indexterm>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 28 | <title>Introduction to NetworkManager</title>
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| 29 |
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[7ded7e3] | 30 | <para>
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| 31 | <application>NetworkManager</application> is a set of co-operative
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[e130fead] | 32 | tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether you use WiFi,
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[8df33ae3] | 33 | wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from
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| 34 | one network to another: Once a network has been configured and joined
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| 35 | once, it can be detected and re-joined automatically the next time it's
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| 36 | available.
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[7ded7e3] | 37 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 38 |
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[4b6e2b2] | 39 | &lfs113_checked;
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[e33ddee] | 40 |
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[cec6657e] | 41 | <note revision="systemd">
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Make sure that you disable the <command>systemd-networkd</command>
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| 44 | service or configure it not to manage the interfaces you want to manage
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| 45 | with <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </note>
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| 48 |
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[e33ddee] | 49 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 50 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-http;"/>
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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 (FTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-ftp;"/>
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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 MD5 sum: &NetworkManager-md5sum;
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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 | Download size: &NetworkManager-size;
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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 disk space required: &NetworkManager-buildsize;
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| 74 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 77 | <para>
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| 78 | Estimated build time: &NetworkManager-time;
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| 79 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </itemizedlist>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NetworkManager Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 86 | <para role="required">
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[7be78b9a] | 87 | <xref linkend="jansson"/> and
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[d267a13] | 88 | <xref linkend="libndp"/>
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[d497e89] | 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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[c4ae27ab] | 93 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[194d47b] | 94 | <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/>
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[4b3c4b2] | 95 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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[b7d1d2b] | 96 | <xref linkend="iptables"/>,
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[696fed8] | 97 | <xref linkend="newt"/> (for <command>nmtui</command>),
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[d267a13] | 98 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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[6e1616e2] | 99 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
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[b528d0f4] | 100 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>,
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[51dfb3e] | 101 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
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[cec6657e] | 102 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/>,</phrase>
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[f3429309] | 103 | <xref linkend="upower"/>,
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[626bb04] | 104 | <xref linkend="vala"/>, and
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[9a381c8] | 105 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (runtime, built with D-Bus support)
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[d497e89] | 106 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 107 |
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[d0880dfa] | 108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 109 | <para role="optional">
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[d4f4107] | 110 | <xref linkend="bluez"/>,
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[e64cabd] | 111 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> (for the test suite),
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[4a9054a8] | 112 | <!-- <xref linkend="firewalld"/> (For whenever firewalld is reintroduced) -->
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[261fdeb] | 113 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> (can be used instead of <xref linkend="nss"/>),
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[d497e89] | 114 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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[1ad3510e] | 115 | <xref linkend="libpsl"/>,
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[e4d2b8d] | 116 | <xref linkend="qt5"/> (for examples),
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[7d645679] | 117 | <xref linkend="ModemManager"/>,
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[acb3e9f] | 118 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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[75e3e09] | 119 | <ulink url="https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html">dnsmasq</ulink>,
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[365c6fb] | 120 | <ulink url="https://firewalld.org/">firewalld</ulink>,
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[262a108] | 121 | <ulink url="https://github.com/Distrotech/libaudit">libaudit</ulink>,
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[4f5369a] | 122 | <ulink url="https://github.com/jpirko/libteam">libteam</ulink>,
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[01701da9] | 123 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/mobile-broadband-provider-info/">mobile-broadband-provider-info</ulink>,
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[cec6657e] | 124 | <ulink url="https://www.samba.org/ftp/ppp/">PPP</ulink>, and
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[e130fead] | 125 | <ulink url="https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/rp-pppoe/">RP-PPPoE</ulink>
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[d497e89] | 126 | </para>
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[d0880dfa] | 127 |
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[e33ddee] | 128 | </sect2>
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| 129 |
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[13b116c] | 130 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="NetworkManager-kernel">
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| 131 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>
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[fc88f1f] | 134 | If you wish to run the tests, check that at least the following options
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| 135 | are enabled in the kernel configuration. Those options have been
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| 136 | determined to be necessary, but may not be sufficient. Recompile the
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| 137 | kernel if necessary:
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[13b116c] | 138 | </para>
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| 139 |
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[8558044] | 140 | <!-- Ethernet Teaming support is potentially optional, but I didn't
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[13b116c] | 141 | run the tests again to test that. It was needed to convince one of
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| 142 | the Linux Platform tests to move farther along because otherwise
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| 143 | RTNETLINK would respond with an Error 95 - unknown device type.
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[fc88f1f] | 144 | This would cause the test to fail early on in the process.
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| 145 |
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| 146 | [pierre, Nov 2022]: I cannot tell whether these options are
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| 147 | the only ones that are needed. They are the options I had to add
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| 148 | in order to have some tests pass. But I already had some other
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| 149 | options set for packet filtering (iptables), that may not be
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| 150 | available by default and may be necessary. Even with the options
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| 151 | below still one test (test-route) fails.-->
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| 152 |
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[7ea158e] | 153 | <screen><literal>[*] Networking support---> [CONFIG_NET]
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[fc88f1f] | 154 | Networking options--->
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| 155 | [*] TCP/IP networking [CONFIG_INET]
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| 156 | <*/M> IP: tunelling [CONFIG_NET_IPIP]
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| 157 | <*/M> IP: GRE demultiplexer [CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_DEMUX]
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| 158 | <*/M> IP: GRE tunnels over IP [CONFIG_NET_IPGRE]
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| 159 | <*> The IPv6 protocol ---> [CONFIG_IPV6]
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| 160 | <*/M> IPv6: IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel (SIT driver) [CONFIG_IPV6_SIT]
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| 161 | <*/M> IPv6: GRE tunnel [CONFIG_IPV6_GRE]
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| 162 | [*] IPv6: Multiple Routing Tables [CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES]
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| 163 | [*] MPTCP: Multipath TCP [CONFIG_MPTCP]
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| 164 | [*] MPTCP: IPv6 support for Multipath TCP [CONFIG_MPTCP_IPV6]
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| 165 | <*/M> 802.1Q/802.1ad VLAN Support [CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q]
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| 166 | [*] QoS and/or fair queueing ---> [CONFIG_NET_SCHED]
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| 167 | <*/M> Stochastic Fairness Queueing (SFQ) [CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFQ]
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| 168 | <*/M> Token Bucket Filter (TBF) [CONFIG_NET_SCH_TBF]
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| 169 | <*/M> Fair Queue Controlled Delay AQM (FQ_CODEL) [CONFIG_NET_SCH_FQ_CODEL]
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| 170 | <*/M> Ingress/classifier-action Qdisc [CONFIG_NET_SCH_INGRESS]
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| 171 | Device Drivers --->
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| 172 | [*] Network device support ---> [CONFIG_NETDEVICES]
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| 173 | [*] Network core driver support [CONFIG_NET_CORE]
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| 174 | <*> Bonding driver support [CONFIG_BONDING]
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| 175 | <*> Dummy net driver support [CONFIG_DUMMY]
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| 176 | <*> Ethernet team driver support ---> [CONFIG_NET_TEAM]
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| 177 | <*> MAC-VLAN support [CONFIG_MACVLAN]
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| 178 | <*> MAC-VLAN based tap driver [CONFIG_MACVTAP]
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| 179 | <*> IP-VLAN support [CONFIG_IPVLAN]
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| 180 | <*> Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) [CONFIG_VXLAN]
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| 181 | <*> Virtual ethernet pair device [CONFIG_VETH]
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[7ea158e] | 182 | <*> Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite) [CONFIG_VRF]</literal></screen>
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[13b116c] | 183 |
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-kernel">
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| 185 | <primary sortas="d-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 186 | </indexterm>
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| 187 | </sect2>
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| 188 |
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[e33ddee] | 189 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 190 | <title>Installation of NetworkManager</title>
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| 191 |
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[7c56ece] | 192 | <para>
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[8558044] | 193 | If <xref linkend="qt5"/> is installed and the Qt based
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[7c56ece] | 194 | examples are desired, fix two meson.build files:
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| 195 | </para>
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[e4d2b8d] | 196 |
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[e022b07] | 197 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's/-qt4/-qt5/' \
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[e4d2b8d] | 198 | -e 's/moc_location/host_bins/' \
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[6573fc3] | 199 | -i examples/C/qt/meson.build &&
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[40d141f] | 200 |
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[6573fc3] | 201 | sed -e 's/Qt/&5/' \
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| 202 | -i meson.build</userinput></screen>
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[d267a13] | 203 |
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[f61c18e] | 204 | <!--
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[d267a13] | 205 | <para>
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| 206 | Fix a missing meson.build file for initrd hooks (not used in BLFS):
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 |
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[4da49b9] | 209 | <screen><userinput>sed '/initrd/d' -i src/core/meson.build</userinput></screen>
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[f61c18e] | 210 | -->
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[e4d2b8d] | 211 |
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[fdbfe39] | 212 | <para>
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| 213 | Fix the python scripts so that they use <application>Python
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| 214 | 3</application>:
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| 215 | </para>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <screen><userinput>grep -rl '^#!.*python$' | xargs sed -i '1s/python/&3/'</userinput></screen>
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| 218 |
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[7ded7e3] | 219 | <para>
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[7c4f32b] | 220 | Install <application>NetworkManager</application> by running the
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| 221 | following commands:
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[7ded7e3] | 222 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 223 |
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[d267a13] | 224 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[7d07abd] | 225 | cd build &&
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[d267a13] | 226 |
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| 227 | CXXFLAGS+="-O2 -fPIC" \
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[91318eb] | 228 | meson setup .. \
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[4b6e2b2] | 229 | --prefix=/usr \
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[adf17153] | 230 | --buildtype=release \
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[d267a13] | 231 | -Dlibaudit=no \
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[39100371] | 232 | -Dlibpsl=false \
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| 233 | -Dnmtui=true \
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| 234 | -Dovs=false \
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| 235 | -Dppp=false \
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[d267a13] | 236 | -Dselinux=false \
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[51dfb3e] | 237 | -Dsession_tracking=elogind \
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[39100371] | 238 | -Dmodem_manager=false \
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[d267a13] | 239 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no \
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| 240 | -Dsystemd_journal=false \
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[91318eb] | 241 | -Dqt=false &&
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[d267a13] | 242 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[7d07abd] | 245 | cd build &&
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[d267a13] | 246 |
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| 247 | CXXFLAGS+="-O2 -fPIC" \
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[91318eb] | 248 | meson setup .. \
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[4b6e2b2] | 249 | --prefix=/usr \
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[adf17153] | 250 | --buildtype=release \
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[d267a13] | 251 | -Dlibaudit=no \
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[39100371] | 252 | -Dlibpsl=false \
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| 253 | -Dnmtui=true \
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| 254 | -Dovs=false \
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| 255 | -Dppp=false \
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[d267a13] | 256 | -Dselinux=false \
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| 257 | -Dqt=false \
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| 258 | -Dsession_tracking=systemd \
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[91318eb] | 259 | -Dmodem_manager=false &&
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[d267a13] | 260 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[cec6657e] | 261 |
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[7ded7e3] | 262 | <para>
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[0bfaca0] | 263 | An already active graphical session with a bus address is necessary
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| 264 | to run the tests. To test the results, issue
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| 265 | <command>ninja test</command>.
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[fc88f1f] | 266 | </para>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <para>
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| 269 | A few tests may fail, depending on enabled kernel options.
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[7ded7e3] | 270 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 271 |
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[7ded7e3] | 272 | <para>
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| 273 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 274 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 275 |
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[d267a13] | 276 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 277 | mv -v /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager{,-&NetworkManager-version;}</userinput></screen>
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[e33ddee] | 278 |
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[4d6a0e2] | 279 | <para>
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| 280 | If you have not passed the <option>-Ddocs=true</option> option to
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| 281 | <command>meson</command>, you can install the pregenerated manual pages
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| 282 | with (as the &root; user):
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| 283 | </para>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <screen role="root"><userinput>for file in $(echo ../man/*.[1578]); do
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| 286 | section=${file##*.} &&
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| 287 | install -vdm 755 /usr/share/man/man$section
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| 288 | install -vm 644 $file /usr/share/man/man$section/
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| 289 | done</userinput></screen>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <para>
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| 292 | Still in case you have not used <option>-Ddocs=true</option>, the
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| 293 | pregenerated HTML documentation can also be installed with (as
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| 294 | the &root; user):
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| 295 | </para>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <screen role="root"
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| 298 | remap="doc"><userinput>cp -Rv ../docs/{api,libnm} /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 299 |
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[e33ddee] | 300 | </sect2>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 303 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 304 |
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[e4d2b8d] | 305 | <para>
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[8558044] | 306 | <envar>CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"</envar>: These compiler options are
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[e4d2b8d] | 307 | necessary to build the Qt5 based examples.
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| 308 | </para>
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| 309 |
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[adf17153] | 310 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 311 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 312 |
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[e64cabd] | 313 | <para>
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[fdbfe39] | 314 | <option>-Ddocs=true</option>: Use this switch to enable building
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[39100371] | 315 | man pages and documentation if <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> is installed.
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[e64cabd] | 316 | </para>
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| 317 |
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[7ded7e3] | 318 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 319 | <parameter>-Dnmtui=true</parameter>: This parameter enables building
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[acb3e9f] | 320 | <command>nmtui</command>.
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| 321 | </para>
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| 322 |
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[d267a13] | 323 | <para revision="sysv">
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[51dfb3e] | 324 | <parameter>-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no</parameter> and
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[d267a13] | 325 | <parameter>-Dsystemd_journal=false</parameter>: systemd is not
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| 326 | used for sysv init systems.
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| 327 | </para>
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| 328 |
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[39100371] | 329 | <para>
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[21d18f7e] | 330 | <parameter>-Dlibpsl=false</parameter> and
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[e130fead] | 331 | <parameter>-Dovs=false</parameter>: These switches disable building with the
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[39100371] | 332 | respective libraries. Remove if you have the needed libraries installed.
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| 333 | </para>
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[8558044] | 334 |
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[52c95143] | 335 | <!--
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[39100371] | 336 | <para>
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[f759a25] | 337 | <parameter>-Dlibpsl=false</parameter>: This switch is required if
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| 338 | <application>libpsl</application> is not installed. Omit this switch if
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| 339 | you have built <application>libpsl</application>.
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| 340 | </para>
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[52c95143] | 341 | -->
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[f759a25] | 342 |
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| 343 | <para>
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[2c87187] | 344 | <parameter>-Dmodem_manager=false</parameter>: This switch is required if
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[39100371] | 345 | <application>ModemManager</application> is not installed. Omit if you
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[a406810] | 346 | have built <application>ModemManager</application> and
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| 347 | <application>mobile-broadband-provider-info</application>.
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[39100371] | 348 | </para>
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| 349 |
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[51dfb3e] | 350 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 351 | <parameter>-Dsession_tracking=elogind</parameter>: This switch
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| 352 | is used to set <command>elogind</command> as the default
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| 353 | program for session tracking.
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| 354 | </para>
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| 355 |
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[cec6657e] | 356 | <para revision="systemd">
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[d267a13] | 357 | <parameter>-Dsession_tracking=systemd</parameter>: This switch
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[cec6657e] | 358 | is used to set <command>systemd-logind</command> as the default
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| 359 | program for session tracking.
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| 360 | </para>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <para revision="systemd">
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[d267a13] | 363 | <parameter>-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system</parameter>:
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[cec6657e] | 364 | This switch is used to set the correct installation directory for
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| 365 | systemd units.
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| 366 | </para>
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| 367 |
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[acb3e9f] | 368 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 369 | <parameter>-Dppp=false</parameter>: This parameter disables
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[6e1616e2] | 370 | <application>PPP</application> support in
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| 371 | <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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[7ded7e3] | 372 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 373 |
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[8c7390c] | 374 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 375 | <parameter>-Dlibaudit=no</parameter> and
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| 376 | <parameter>-Dselinux=false</parameter>: libaudit and SELinux are not used
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| 377 | in BLFS.
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[d6e164b] | 378 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 379 |
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[b528d0f4] | 380 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 381 | <parameter>-Dqt=false</parameter>: disables the
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| 382 | <application>QT</application> examples. Omit if you have
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| 383 | <application>QT</application> available and wish to install the examples.
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[b528d0f4] | 384 | </para>
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| 385 |
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[261fdeb] | 386 | <para>
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| 387 | <option>-Dcrypto=gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you have GnuTLS
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| 388 | installed and want to use it for certificate and key operations in
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| 389 | NetworkManager, instead of using NSS (the default).
|
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| 390 | </para>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <para>
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| 393 | <option>-Dcrypto=null</option>: Use this switch if neither NSS nor
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| 394 | GnuTLS is installed but you want to build NetworkManager anyway. This
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| 395 | switch will make NetworkManager lack some features (for example
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| 396 | 802.1X).
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| 397 | </para>
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| 398 |
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[e33ddee] | 399 | </sect2>
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| 400 |
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[d497e89] | 401 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 402 | <title>Configuring NetworkManager</title>
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| 403 |
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| 404 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-config">
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| 405 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 406 | <para>
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| 407 | <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>
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| 408 | </para>
|
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| 409 |
|
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| 410 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-config">
|
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| 411 | <primary
|
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| 412 | sortas="e-etc-NetworkManager-NetworkManager.conf">
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| 413 | /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</primary>
|
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| 414 | </indexterm>
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| 415 |
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| 416 | </sect3>
|
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| 417 |
|
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| 418 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
|
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| 419 |
|
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| 420 | <para>
|
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| 421 | For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
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[21d18f7e] | 422 | a minimal configuration file must be present. Such a file is not
|
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[8df33ae3] | 423 | installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue the following
|
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| 424 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to
|
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[21d18f7e] | 425 | create a minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
|
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[d497e89] | 426 | </para>
|
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| 427 |
|
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| 428 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf << "EOF"
|
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| 429 | <literal>[main]
|
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| 430 | plugins=keyfile</literal>
|
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| 431 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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| 432 |
|
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| 433 | <para>
|
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[7fd06b0] | 434 | This file should not be modified directly by users of the system.
|
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| 435 | Instead, system specific changes should be made using configuration
|
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| 436 | files in the
|
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| 437 | <filename class="directory">/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d</filename>
|
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[21d18f7e] | 438 | directory.
|
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[7fd06b0] | 439 | </para>
|
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| 440 |
|
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| 441 | <para>
|
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| 442 | To allow polkit to manage authorizations, add the following
|
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| 443 | configuration file:
|
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| 444 | </para>
|
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| 445 |
|
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| 446 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/polkit.conf << "EOF"
|
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| 447 | <literal>[main]
|
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| 448 | auth-polkit=true</literal>
|
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| 449 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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| 450 |
|
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| 451 | <para>
|
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| 452 | To use something other than the built-in dhcp client (recommended if
|
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| 453 | using only <command>nmcli</command>), use the following configuration
|
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[194d47b] | 454 | (valid values include either dhcpcd or internal):
|
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[7fd06b0] | 455 | </para>
|
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| 456 |
|
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| 457 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/dhcp.conf << "EOF"
|
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| 458 | <literal>[main]
|
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[194d47b] | 459 | dhcp=</literal><replaceable>dhcpcd</replaceable>
|
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[7fd06b0] | 460 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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| 461 |
|
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| 462 | <para>
|
---|
| 463 | To prevent <application>NetworkManager</application> from updating the
|
---|
| 464 | <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> file, add the following
|
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| 465 | configuration file:
|
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| 466 | </para>
|
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| 467 |
|
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| 468 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/no-dns-update.conf << "EOF"
|
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| 469 | <literal>[main]
|
---|
| 470 | dns=none</literal>
|
---|
| 471 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 472 |
|
---|
| 473 | <para>
|
---|
[5f729f8] | 474 | For additional configuration options, see
|
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[7fd06b0] | 475 | <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command>.
|
---|
[0d7900a] | 476 | </para>
|
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[d497e89] | 477 |
|
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[8df33ae3] | 478 | <para>
|
---|
[21d18f7e] | 479 | To allow regular users to configure network connections,
|
---|
[8df33ae3] | 480 | you should add them to the
|
---|
| 481 | <systemitem class="groupname">netdev</systemitem>
|
---|
| 482 | group, and create a <application>polkit</application> rule that grants
|
---|
| 483 | access. Run the following commands as the
|
---|
| 484 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
| 485 | </para>
|
---|
| 486 |
|
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[a581662] | 487 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 86 netdev &&
|
---|
[b88584a] | 488 | /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G netdev <replaceable><username></replaceable>
|
---|
[8df33ae3] | 489 |
|
---|
| 490 | cat > /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules << "EOF"
|
---|
| 491 | <literal>polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
|
---|
| 492 | if (action.id.indexOf("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.") == 0 && subject.isInGroup("netdev")) {
|
---|
| 493 | return polkit.Result.YES;
|
---|
| 494 | }
|
---|
| 495 | });</literal>
|
---|
| 496 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 497 |
|
---|
[d497e89] | 498 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 499 |
|
---|
| 500 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-init">
|
---|
[cec6657e] | 501 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
|
---|
| 502 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
|
---|
| 503 |
|
---|
| 504 | <para revision="sysv">
|
---|
| 505 | To automatically start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon
|
---|
| 506 | when the system is rebooted, install the
|
---|
[8558044] | 507 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/networkmanager</filename>bootscript from the
|
---|
[cec6657e] | 508 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
|
---|
| 509 | </para>
|
---|
[d497e89] | 510 |
|
---|
[cec6657e] | 511 | <para revision="systemd">
|
---|
| 512 | To start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon at boot, enable
|
---|
| 513 | the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
|
---|
| 514 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
[d497e89] | 515 | </para>
|
---|
| 516 |
|
---|
[8df33ae3] | 517 | <note>
|
---|
| 518 | <para>
|
---|
| 519 | If using <application>Network Manager</application> to manage
|
---|
| 520 | an interface, any previous configuration for that interface should be
|
---|
| 521 | removed, and the interface brought down prior to starting
|
---|
| 522 | <application>Network Manager</application>.
|
---|
| 523 | </para>
|
---|
| 524 | </note>
|
---|
[8558044] | 525 |
|
---|
[d497e89] | 526 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
|
---|
| 527 | <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
|
---|
| 528 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 529 |
|
---|
[cec6657e] | 530 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-networkmanager</userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 531 |
|
---|
| 532 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable NetworkManager</userinput></screen>
|
---|
[e2a1442] | 533 | <!-- The below instruction is obsolete. NetworkManager-wait-online is now
|
---|
| 534 | enabled by default when enabling NetworkManager. -->
|
---|
| 535 | <!--
|
---|
[cec6657e] | 536 | <para revision="systemd">
|
---|
| 537 | <application>NetworkManager</application> also ships a systemd unit
|
---|
| 538 | called <filename>NetworkManager-wait-online.service</filename> which
|
---|
| 539 | can be used to prevent services that require network connectivity
|
---|
| 540 | from starting until <application>NetworkManager</application> has
|
---|
| 541 | established the connection. To enable it, run the following command
|
---|
| 542 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
| 543 | </para>
|
---|
| 544 |
|
---|
| 545 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online</userinput></screen>
|
---|
[e2a1442] | 546 | -->
|
---|
| 547 | <!-- As such, let's now provide instructions on how to disable that
|
---|
| 548 | behavior, for those who wish to do so. -->
|
---|
| 549 | <para revision="systemd">
|
---|
| 550 | Starting in version 1.11.2 of <application>NetworkManager</application>,
|
---|
| 551 | a systemd unit named <filename>NetworkManager-wait-online.service</filename>
|
---|
| 552 | is enabled, which is used to prevent services that require network
|
---|
| 553 | connectivity from starting until <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
---|
| 554 | establishes a connection. To disable this behavior, run the following
|
---|
| 555 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
| 556 | </para>
|
---|
| 557 |
|
---|
| 558 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online</userinput></screen>
|
---|
[2cd1071] | 559 |
|
---|
[d497e89] | 560 | </sect3>
|
---|
| 561 |
|
---|
| 562 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 563 |
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 564 | <sect2 role="content">
|
---|
| 565 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
| 566 |
|
---|
| 567 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 568 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
| 569 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
| 570 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
---|
| 571 |
|
---|
| 572 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
[d497e89] | 573 | <seg>
|
---|
[8c7390c] | 574 | NetworkManager, nmcli, nm-online, nmtui, and, symlinked to nmtui:
|
---|
| 575 | nmtui-connect, nmtui-edit, and nmtui-hostname
|
---|
[d497e89] | 576 | </seg>
|
---|
| 577 | <seg>
|
---|
[b9f17a8] | 578 | libnm.so
|
---|
[52c95143] | 579 | and several modules under /usr/lib/NetworkManager
|
---|
[d497e89] | 580 | </seg>
|
---|
| 581 | <seg>
|
---|
[5aa7dce] | 582 | /etc/NetworkManager,
|
---|
[05a433b] | 583 | /usr/include/libnm,
|
---|
[5aa7dce] | 584 | /usr/lib/NetworkManager,
|
---|
| 585 | /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;,
|
---|
[b9f17a8] | 586 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{libnm,NetworkManager}
|
---|
| 587 | (if the documentation is built),
|
---|
[5aa7dce] | 588 | and
|
---|
[262a108] | 589 | /var/lib/NetworkManager
|
---|
[d497e89] | 590 | </seg>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 591 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
| 592 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 593 |
|
---|
| 594 | <variablelist>
|
---|
| 595 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
| 596 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
| 597 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
---|
| 598 |
|
---|
[d497e89] | 599 | <varlistentry id="nmcli">
|
---|
| 600 | <term><command>nmcli</command></term>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 601 | <listitem>
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 602 | <para>
|
---|
| 603 | is a command-line tool for controlling
|
---|
[0d7900a] | 604 | <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 605 | and getting its status
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 606 | </para>
|
---|
[d497e89] | 607 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmcli">
|
---|
| 608 | <primary sortas="b-nmcli">nmcli</primary>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 609 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 610 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 611 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 612 |
|
---|
| 613 | <varlistentry id="nm-online">
|
---|
| 614 | <term><command>nm-online</command></term>
|
---|
| 615 | <listitem>
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 616 | <para>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 617 | is an utility to determine whether you are online
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 618 | </para>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 619 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-online">
|
---|
| 620 | <primary sortas="b-nm-online">nm-online</primary>
|
---|
| 621 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 622 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 623 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 624 |
|
---|
[acb3e9f] | 625 | <varlistentry id="nmtui">
|
---|
| 626 | <term><command>nmtui</command></term>
|
---|
| 627 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 628 | <para>
|
---|
[21d18f7e] | 629 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface for
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 630 | <application>nmcli</application>
|
---|
[acb3e9f] | 631 | </para>
|
---|
| 632 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui">
|
---|
| 633 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui">nmtui</primary>
|
---|
| 634 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 635 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 636 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 637 |
|
---|
| 638 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-connect">
|
---|
| 639 | <term><command>nmtui-connect</command></term>
|
---|
| 640 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 641 | <para>
|
---|
[21d18f7e] | 642 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 643 | activate/deactivate connections
|
---|
[acb3e9f] | 644 | </para>
|
---|
| 645 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-connect">
|
---|
| 646 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-connect">nmtui-connect</primary>
|
---|
| 647 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 648 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 649 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 650 |
|
---|
| 651 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-edit">
|
---|
| 652 | <term><command>nmtui-edit</command></term>
|
---|
| 653 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 654 | <para>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 655 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to edit connections
|
---|
[acb3e9f] | 656 | </para>
|
---|
| 657 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-edit">
|
---|
| 658 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-edit">nmtui-edit</primary>
|
---|
| 659 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 660 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 661 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 662 |
|
---|
| 663 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-hostname">
|
---|
| 664 | <term><command>nmtui-hostname</command></term>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 665 | <listitem>
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 666 | <para>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 667 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to edit the hostname
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 668 | </para>
|
---|
[acb3e9f] | 669 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-hostname">
|
---|
| 670 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-hostname">nmtui-hostname</primary>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 671 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 672 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 673 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 674 |
|
---|
[d497e89] | 675 | <varlistentry id="NetworkManager-prog">
|
---|
| 676 | <term><command>NetworkManager</command></term>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 677 | <listitem>
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 678 | <para>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 679 | is the network management daemon
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 680 | </para>
|
---|
[d497e89] | 681 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-prog">
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 682 | <primary sortas="b-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 683 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 684 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 685 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 686 |
|
---|
[262a108] | 687 | <varlistentry id="libnm">
|
---|
| 688 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnm.so</filename></term>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 689 | <listitem>
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 690 | <para>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 691 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
---|
[7ded7e3] | 692 | </para>
|
---|
[262a108] | 693 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm">
|
---|
| 694 | <primary sortas="c-libnm">libnm.so</primary>
|
---|
[e33ddee] | 695 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 696 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 697 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 698 | </variablelist>
|
---|
| 699 |
|
---|
| 700 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 701 |
|
---|
| 702 | </sect1>
|
---|