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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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[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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| 38 | to another: once a network has been configured and joined once, it can be
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| 39 | detected and re-joined automatically the next time its available.
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| 40 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 41 |
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[d497e89] | 42 | &lfs70_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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[7114aa56] | 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[e33ddee] | 79 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[7114aa56] | 80 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 81 | <para>
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| 82 | Required Patch:
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[419252e] | 83 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-upstream-fixes-2.patch"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 84 | </para>
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[7114aa56] | 85 | </listitem>
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[e33ddee] | 86 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 87 | <para>
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| 88 | Required Patch:
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| 89 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-lfs-1.patch"/>
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| 90 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 91 | </listitem>
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| 92 | </itemizedlist>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NetworkManager Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 97 | <para role="required">
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| 98 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 99 | <xref linkend="iptables"/>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>,
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[4b3c4b2] | 101 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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[d497e89] | 102 | <xref linkend="udev"/> and
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| 103 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 107 | <para role="recommended">
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| 108 | <xref linkend="consolekit"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or
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[4b3c4b2] | 110 | <xref linkend="dhcp-client"/>,
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| 111 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/> and
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| 113 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>
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[d497e89] | 114 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 115 |
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[d0880dfa] | 116 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 117 | <para role="optional">
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| 118 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 119 | <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ModemManager/">
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| 120 | ModemManager</ulink>,
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| 121 | <xref linkend="ppp"/> and
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| 122 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (Built with DBus support).
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| 123 | </para>
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[d0880dfa] | 124 |
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[e33ddee] | 125 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 126 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/NetworkManager"/>
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| 127 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 128 | </sect2>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 131 | <title>Installation of NetworkManager</title>
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| 132 |
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[7ded7e3] | 133 | <para>
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| 134 | Install <application>NetworkManager</application> by running the following
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| 135 | commands:
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| 136 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 137 |
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[419252e] | 138 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-upstream-fixes-2.patch &&
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[7114aa56] | 139 | patch -Np1 -i ../NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;-lfs-1.patch &&
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[e33ddee] | 140 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[d497e89] | 141 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[e33ddee] | 142 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager \
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| 143 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 144 | --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no \
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[7ded7e3] | 145 | --disable-ppp &&
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[e33ddee] | 146 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 147 |
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[7ded7e3] | 148 | <para>
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| 149 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 150 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 151 |
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[7ded7e3] | 152 | <para>
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| 153 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 154 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 155 |
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| 156 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | </sect2>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 161 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 162 |
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[7ded7e3] | 163 | <para>
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| 164 | <parameter>--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no</parameter>: This parameter is
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| 165 | needed to avoid <application>systemd</application> files being installed.
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| 166 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 167 |
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[7ded7e3] | 168 | <para>
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| 169 | <option>--disable-ppp</option>: This parameter disables optional
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| 170 | <application>PPP</application> support in <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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| 171 | Omit if you have <xref linkend="ppp"/> installed.
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| 172 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 173 |
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[7ded7e3] | 174 | <para>
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| 175 | <parameter>--with-distro=lfs</parameter>: This parameter is only needed if you
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| 176 | failed to create <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> when you installed LFS.
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[e33ddee] | 177 | </para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | </sect2>
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| 180 |
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[d497e89] | 181 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 182 | <title>Configuring NetworkManager</title>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-config">
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| 185 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>
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| 188 | </para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-config">
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| 191 | <primary
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| 192 | sortas="e-etc-NetworkManager-NetworkManager.conf">
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| 193 | /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | </sect3>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <para>
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| 201 | For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
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| 202 | minimal configuration file must be present. Such file is not
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| 203 | installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue following
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| 204 | command as the
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| 205 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to create
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| 206 | minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf << "EOF"
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| 210 | <literal>[main]
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| 211 | plugins=keyfile</literal>
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| 212 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <para>
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| 215 | See <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command> for any additional options.
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| 216 | </para>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | </sect3>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-init">
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| 221 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <para>
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| 224 | To automatically start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon when the
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| 225 | system is rebooted, install the
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| 226 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/networkmanager</filename> bootscript from the
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| 227 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
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| 228 | </para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 232 | </indexterm>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-networkmanager</userinput></screen>
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| 235 | </sect3>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | </sect2>
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| 238 |
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[e33ddee] | 239 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 240 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <segmentedlist>
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| 243 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 244 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 245 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <seglistitem>
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[d497e89] | 248 | <seg>
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| 249 | nmcli, nm-online, nm-tool and NetworkManager
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| 250 | </seg>
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| 251 | <seg>
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| 252 | libnm-glib.so, libnm-glib-vpn.so and libnm-util.so
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| 253 | </seg>
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| 254 | <seg>
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[7ded7e3] | 255 | /etc/NetworkManager,
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| 256 | /usr/include/libnm-glib,
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| 257 | /usr/include/NetworkManager,
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| 258 | /usr/lib/NetworkManager,
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| 259 | /usr/share/NetworkManager,
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| 260 | /var/lib/NetworkManager and
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[d497e89] | 261 | /var/run/NetworkManager
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| 262 | </seg>
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[e33ddee] | 263 | </seglistitem>
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| 264 | </segmentedlist>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <variablelist>
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| 267 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 268 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 269 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 270 |
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[d497e89] | 271 | <varlistentry id="nmcli">
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| 272 | <term><command>nmcli</command></term>
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[e33ddee] | 273 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 274 | <para>
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| 275 | is a command-line tool for controlling
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| 276 | <application>NetworkManager</application>
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| 277 | and getting its status.
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| 278 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 279 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmcli">
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| 280 | <primary sortas="b-nmcli">nmcli</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 281 | </indexterm>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <varlistentry id="nm-online">
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| 286 | <term><command>nm-online</command></term>
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| 287 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 288 | <para>
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| 289 | is a utility to find out whether you are online.
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| 290 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 291 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-online">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="b-nm-online">nm-online</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <varlistentry id="nm-tool">
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| 298 | <term><command>nm-tool</command></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 300 | <para>
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| 301 | is used to provide information about
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| 302 | <application>NetworkManager</application>,
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| 303 | device, and wireless networks.
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| 304 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 305 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-tool">
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| 306 | <primary sortas="b-nm-tool">nm-tool</primary>
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| 307 | </indexterm>
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| 308 | </listitem>
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| 309 | </varlistentry>
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| 310 |
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[d497e89] | 311 | <varlistentry id="NetworkManager-prog">
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| 312 | <term><command>NetworkManager</command></term>
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[e33ddee] | 313 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 314 | <para>
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| 315 | is the network management daemon.
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| 316 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 317 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-prog">
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[7ded7e3] | 318 | <primary sortas="b-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 319 | </indexterm>
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| 320 | </listitem>
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| 321 | </varlistentry>
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| 322 |
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[d497e89] | 323 | <varlistentry id="libnm-glib">
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| 324 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnm-glib.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 325 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 326 | <para>
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| 327 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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| 328 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 329 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-glib">
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| 330 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-glib">libnm-glib.so</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 331 | </indexterm>
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| 332 | </listitem>
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| 333 | </varlistentry>
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| 334 |
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[d497e89] | 335 | <varlistentry id="libnm-glib-vpn">
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| 336 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnm-glib-vpn.so</filename></term>
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[e33ddee] | 337 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 338 | <para>
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| 339 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
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| 340 | VPN plugins.
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| 341 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 342 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-glib-vpn">
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| 343 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-glib-vpn">libnm-glib-vpn.so</primary>
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[e33ddee] | 344 | </indexterm>
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| 345 | </listitem>
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| 346 | </varlistentry>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | <varlistentry id="libnm-util">
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| 349 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libnm-util.so</filename></term>
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| 350 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 351 | <para>
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| 352 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
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| 353 | utils.
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| 354 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 355 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm-util">
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| 356 | <primary sortas="c-libnm-util">libnm-util.so</primary>
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| 357 | </indexterm>
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| 358 | </listitem>
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| 359 | </varlistentry>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | </variablelist>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | </sect2>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | </sect1>
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