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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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7 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-http
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8 | "&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/&NetworkManager-minor;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-ftp
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10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/NetworkManager/&NetworkManager-minor;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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11 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-md5sum "e5cf85f8023bbfe4acbf88ff848bb268">
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12 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-size "5.2 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-buildsize "287 MB (with tests)">
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14 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-time "0.8 SBU (with tests, using parallelism=4)">
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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 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to NetworkManager</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>
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34 | <application>NetworkManager</application> is a set of co-operative
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35 | tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether you use WiFi,
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36 | wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from
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37 | one network to another: Once a network has been configured and joined
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38 | once, it can be detected and re-joined automatically the next time it's
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39 | available.
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40 | </para>
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41 |
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42 | &lfs110a_checked;
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43 |
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44 | <note revision="systemd">
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45 | <para>
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46 | Make sure that you disable the <command>systemd-networkd</command>
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47 | service or configure it not to manage the interfaces you want to manage
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48 | with <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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49 | </para>
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50 | </note>
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51 |
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52 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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53 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>
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56 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-http;"/>
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57 | </para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>
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61 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-ftp;"/>
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62 | </para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>
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66 | Download MD5 sum: &NetworkManager-md5sum;
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67 | </para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | Download size: &NetworkManager-size;
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72 | </para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | <listitem>
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75 | <para>
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76 | Estimated disk space required: &NetworkManager-buildsize;
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77 | </para>
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78 | </listitem>
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79 | <listitem>
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80 | <para>
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81 | Estimated build time: &NetworkManager-time;
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82 | </para>
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83 | </listitem>
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84 | </itemizedlist>
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85 |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NetworkManager Dependencies</bridgehead>
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87 |
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88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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89 | <para role="required">
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90 | <xref linkend="jansson"/> and
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91 | <xref linkend="libndp"/>
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92 | </para>
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93 |
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94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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95 | <para role="recommended">
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96 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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97 | <!--<xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or
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98 | DHCPCD support is known to be broken with dhcpcd-9 -->
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99 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="dhcp"/> (client only),
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100 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="iptables"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="newt"/> (for <command>nmtui</command>),
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103 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>,
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106 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
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107 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/>,</phrase>
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108 | <xref linkend="upower"/>,
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109 | <xref linkend="vala"/>, and
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110 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (built with D-Bus support)
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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114 | <para role="optional">
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115 | <xref linkend="bluez"/>,
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116 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> (for the test suite),
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117 | <!-- <xref linkend="firewalld"/> (For whenever firewalld is reintroduced) -->
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118 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> (used if <xref linkend="nss"/> is not found),
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119 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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120 | <xref linkend="libpsl"/>,
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121 | <xref linkend="qt5"/> (for examples),
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122 | <xref linkend="ModemManager"/>,
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123 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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124 | <ulink url="http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html">dnsmasq</ulink>,
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125 | <ulink url="https://firewalld.org/">firewalld</ulink>,
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126 | <ulink url="https://github.com/Distrotech/libaudit">libaudit</ulink>,
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127 | <ulink url="https://github.com/jpirko/libteam">libteam</ulink>,
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128 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/mobile-broadband-provider-info/">mobile-broadband-provider-info</ulink>,
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129 | <ulink url="https://www.samba.org/ftp/ppp/">PPP</ulink>, and
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130 | <ulink url="https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/rp-pppoe/">RP-PPPoE</ulink>
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131 | </para>
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132 |
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133 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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134 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/NetworkManager"/>
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135 | </para>
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="NetworkManager-kernel">
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139 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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140 |
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141 | <para>
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142 | If you wish to run the tests, enable the following options in the
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143 | kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:
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144 | </para>
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145 |
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146 | <!-- Ethernet Teaming support is potentially optional, but I didn't
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147 | run the tests again to test that. It was needed to convince one of
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148 | the Linux Platform tests to move farther along because otherwise
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149 | RTNETLINK would respond with an Error 95 - unknown device type.
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150 | This would cause the test to fail early on in the process. -->
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151 |
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152 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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153 | [*] Network device support [CONFIG_NETDEVICES] --->
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154 | [*] Bonding driver support [CONFIG_BONDING]
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155 | [*] Dummy net driver support [CONFIG_DUMMY]
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156 | [*] Ethernet team driver support [CONFIG_NET_TEAM]</literal></screen>
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157 |
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158 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-kernel">
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159 | <primary sortas="d-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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160 | </indexterm>
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161 | </sect2>
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162 |
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163 | <sect2 role="installation">
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164 | <title>Installation of NetworkManager</title>
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165 |
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166 | <para>
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167 | If <xref linkend="qt5"/> is installed and the Qt based
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168 | examples are desired, fix two meson.build files:
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169 | </para>
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170 |
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171 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's/-qt4/-qt5/' \
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172 | -e 's/moc_location/host_bins/' \
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173 | -i examples/C/qt/meson.build &&
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174 |
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175 | sed -e 's/Qt/&5/' \
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176 | -i meson.build</userinput></screen>
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177 |
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178 | <!--
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179 | <para>
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180 | Fix a missing meson.build file for initrd hooks (not used in BLFS):
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181 | </para>
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182 |
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183 | <screen><userinput>sed '/initrd/d' -i src/core/meson.build</userinput></screen>
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184 | -->
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185 |
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186 | <para>
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187 | Fix the python scripts so that they use <application>Python
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188 | 3</application>:
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189 | </para>
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190 |
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191 | <screen><userinput>grep -rl '^#!.*python$' | xargs sed -i '1s/python/&3/'</userinput></screen>
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192 |
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193 | <para>
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194 | Install <application>NetworkManager</application> by running the
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195 | following commands:
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196 | </para>
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197 |
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198 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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199 | cd build &&
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200 |
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201 | CXXFLAGS+="-O2 -fPIC" \
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202 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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203 | --buildtype=release \
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204 | -Dlibaudit=no \
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205 | -Dlibpsl=false \
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206 | -Dnmtui=true \
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207 | -Dovs=false \
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208 | -Dppp=false \
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209 | -Dselinux=false \
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210 | -Dsession_tracking=elogind \
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211 | -Dmodem_manager=false \
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212 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no \
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213 | -Dsystemd_journal=false \
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214 | -Dqt=false \
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215 | .. &&
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216 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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217 |
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218 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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219 | cd build &&
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220 |
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221 | CXXFLAGS+="-O2 -fPIC" \
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222 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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223 | --buildtype=release \
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224 | -Dlibaudit=no \
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225 | -Dlibpsl=false \
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226 | -Dnmtui=true \
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227 | -Dovs=false \
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228 | -Dppp=false \
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229 | -Dselinux=false \
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230 | -Dqt=false \
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231 | -Dsession_tracking=systemd \
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232 | -Dmodem_manager=false \
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233 | .. &&
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234 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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235 |
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236 | <para>
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237 | An already active graphical session
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238 | with a bus address is necessary to run the tests. To test the results,
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239 | as the root user, <!-- needs the "ip" command -->
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240 | issue: <command>ninja test</command>. Five tests,
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241 | <filename>platform/test-tc-linux</filename>,
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242 | <!--<filename>platform/test-core</filename>,-->
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243 | <filename>test-l3cfg</filename>,
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244 | <filename>devices/test-acd</filename>,
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245 | <filename>platform/test-route-linux</filename>, and
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246 | <filename>platform/test-link-linux</filename>,
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247 | <!--<filename>platform/test-cleanup-linux</filename>,--> are known to fail.
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248 | </para>
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249 |
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250 | <para>
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251 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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252 | </para>
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253 |
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254 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install &&
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255 | mv -v /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager{,-&NetworkManager-version;}</userinput></screen>
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256 |
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257 | </sect2>
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258 |
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259 | <sect2 role="commands">
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260 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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261 |
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262 | <para>
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263 | <envar>CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"</envar>: These compiler options are
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264 | necessary to build the Qt5 based examples.
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265 | </para>
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266 |
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267 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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268 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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269 |
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270 | <para>
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271 | <option>-Ddocs=true</option>: Use this switch to enable building
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272 | man pages and documentation if <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> is installed.
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273 | </para>
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274 |
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275 | <para>
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276 | <parameter>-Dnmtui=true</parameter>: This parameter enables building
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277 | <command>nmtui</command>.
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278 | </para>
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279 |
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280 | <para revision="sysv">
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281 | <parameter>-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no</parameter> and
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282 | <parameter>-Dsystemd_journal=false</parameter>: systemd is not
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283 | used for sysv init systems.
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284 | </para>
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285 |
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286 | <para>
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287 | <!--<parameter>-Djson_validation=false</parameter>, no longer recognized -->
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288 | <parameter>-Dlibpsl=false</parameter> and
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289 | <parameter>-Dovs=false</parameter>: These switches disable building with the
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290 | respective libraries. Remove if you have the needed libraries installed.
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291 | </para>
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292 |
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293 | <!--
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294 | <para>
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295 | <parameter>-Dlibpsl=false</parameter>: This switch is required if
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296 | <application>libpsl</application> is not installed. Omit this switch if
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297 | you have built <application>libpsl</application>.
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298 | </para>
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299 | -->
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300 |
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301 | <para>
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302 | <parameter>-Dmodem_manager=false</parameter>: This switch is requried if
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303 | <application>ModemManager</application> is not installed. Omit if you
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304 | have built <application>ModemManager</application> and
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305 | <application>mobile-broadband-provider-info</application>.
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306 | </para>
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307 |
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308 | <para revision="sysv">
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309 | <parameter>-Dsession_tracking=elogind</parameter>: This switch
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310 | is used to set <command>elogind</command> as the default
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311 | program for session tracking.
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312 | </para>
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313 |
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314 | <para revision="systemd">
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315 | <parameter>-Dsession_tracking=systemd</parameter>: This switch
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316 | is used to set <command>systemd-logind</command> as the default
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317 | program for session tracking.
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318 | </para>
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319 |
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320 | <para revision="systemd">
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321 | <parameter>-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system</parameter>:
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322 | This switch is used to set the correct installation directory for
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323 | systemd units.
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324 | </para>
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325 |
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326 | <para>
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327 | <parameter>-Dppp=false</parameter>: This parameter disables
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328 | <application>PPP</application> support in
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329 | <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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330 | </para>
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331 |
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332 | <para>
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333 | <parameter>-Dlibaudit=no</parameter> and
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334 | <parameter>-Dselinux=false</parameter>: libaudit and SELinux are not used
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335 | in BLFS.
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336 | </para>
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337 |
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338 | <para>
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339 | <parameter>-Dqt=false</parameter>: disables the
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340 | <application>QT</application> examples. Omit if you have
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341 | <application>QT</application> available and wish to install the examples.
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342 | </para>
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343 |
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344 | </sect2>
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345 |
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346 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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347 | <title>Configuring NetworkManager</title>
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348 |
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349 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-config">
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350 | <title>Config Files</title>
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351 | <para>
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352 | <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>
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353 | </para>
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354 |
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355 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-config">
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356 | <primary
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357 | sortas="e-etc-NetworkManager-NetworkManager.conf">
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358 | /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</primary>
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359 | </indexterm>
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360 |
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361 | </sect3>
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362 |
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363 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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364 |
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365 | <para>
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366 | For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
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367 | a minimal configuration file must be present. Such a file is not
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368 | installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue the following
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369 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to
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370 | create a minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
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371 | </para>
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372 |
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373 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf << "EOF"
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374 | <literal>[main]
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375 | plugins=keyfile</literal>
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376 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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377 |
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378 | <para>
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379 | This file should not be modified directly by users of the system.
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380 | Instead, system specific changes should be made using configuration
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381 | files in the
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382 | <filename class="directory">/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d</filename>
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383 | directory.
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384 | </para>
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385 |
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386 | <para>
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387 | To allow polkit to manage authorizations, add the following
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388 | configuration file:
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389 | </para>
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390 |
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391 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/polkit.conf << "EOF"
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392 | <literal>[main]
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393 | auth-polkit=true</literal>
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394 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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395 |
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396 | <para>
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397 | To use something other than the built-in dhcp client (recommended if
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398 | using only <command>nmcli</command>), use the following configuration
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399 | (valid values include either dhclient <!--dhcpcd --> or internal):
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400 | </para>
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401 |
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402 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/dhcp.conf << "EOF"
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403 | <literal>[main]
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404 | dhcp=</literal><replaceable>dhclient</replaceable>
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405 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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406 |
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407 | <para>
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408 | To prevent <application>NetworkManager</application> from updating the
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409 | <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> file, add the following
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410 | configuration file:
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411 | </para>
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412 |
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413 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/no-dns-update.conf << "EOF"
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414 | <literal>[main]
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415 | dns=none</literal>
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416 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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417 |
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418 | <para>
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419 | For additional configuation options, see
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420 | <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command>.
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421 | </para>
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422 |
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423 | <para>
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424 | To allow regular users to configure network connections,
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425 | you should add them to the
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426 | <systemitem class="groupname">netdev</systemitem>
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427 | group, and create a <application>polkit</application> rule that grants
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428 | access. Run the following commands as the
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429 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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430 | </para>
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431 |
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432 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 86 netdev &&
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433 | /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G netdev <replaceable><username></replaceable>
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434 |
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435 | cat > /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules << "EOF"
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436 | <literal>polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
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437 | if (action.id.indexOf("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.") == 0 && subject.isInGroup("netdev")) {
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438 | return polkit.Result.YES;
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439 | }
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440 | });</literal>
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441 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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442 |
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443 | </sect3>
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444 |
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445 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-init">
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446 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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447 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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448 |
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449 | <para revision="sysv">
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450 | To automatically start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon
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451 | when the system is rebooted, install the
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452 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/networkmanager</filename>bootscript from the
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453 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
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454 | </para>
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455 |
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456 | <para revision="systemd">
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457 | To start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon at boot, enable
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458 | the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
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459 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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460 | </para>
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461 |
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462 | <note>
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463 | <para>
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464 | If using <application>Network Manager</application> to manage
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465 | an interface, any previous configuration for that interface should be
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466 | removed, and the interface brought down prior to starting
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467 | <application>Network Manager</application>.
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468 | </para>
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469 | </note>
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470 |
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471 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
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472 | <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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473 | </indexterm>
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474 |
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475 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-networkmanager</userinput></screen>
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476 |
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477 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable NetworkManager</userinput></screen>
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478 | <!-- The below instruction is obsolete. NetworkManager-wait-online is now
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479 | enabled by default when enabling NetworkManager. -->
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480 | <!--
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481 | <para revision="systemd">
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482 | <application>NetworkManager</application> also ships a systemd unit
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483 | called <filename>NetworkManager-wait-online.service</filename> which
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484 | can be used to prevent services that require network connectivity
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485 | from starting until <application>NetworkManager</application> has
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486 | established the connection. To enable it, run the following command
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487 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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488 | </para>
|
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489 |
|
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490 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online</userinput></screen>
|
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491 | -->
|
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492 | <!-- As such, let's now provide instructions on how to disable that
|
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493 | behavior, for those who wish to do so. -->
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494 | <para revision="systemd">
|
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495 | Starting in version 1.11.2 of <application>NetworkManager</application>,
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496 | a systemd unit named <filename>NetworkManager-wait-online.service</filename>
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497 | is enabled, which is used to prevent services that require network
|
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498 | connectivity from starting until <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
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499 | establishes a connection. To disable this behavior, run the following
|
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500 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
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501 | </para>
|
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502 |
|
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503 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online</userinput></screen>
|
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504 |
|
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505 | </sect3>
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506 |
|
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507 | </sect2>
|
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508 |
|
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509 | <sect2 role="content">
|
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510 | <title>Contents</title>
|
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511 |
|
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512 | <segmentedlist>
|
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513 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
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514 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
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515 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
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516 |
|
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517 | <seglistitem>
|
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518 | <seg>
|
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519 | NetworkManager, nmcli, nm-online, nmtui, and, symlinked to nmtui:
|
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520 | nmtui-connect, nmtui-edit, and nmtui-hostname
|
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521 | </seg>
|
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522 | <seg>
|
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523 | libnm.so
|
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524 | and several modules under /usr/lib/NetworkManager
|
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525 | </seg>
|
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526 | <seg>
|
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527 | /etc/NetworkManager,
|
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528 | /usr/include/libnm,
|
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529 | /usr/lib/NetworkManager,
|
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530 | /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;,
|
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531 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{libnm,NetworkManager}
|
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532 | (if the documentation is built),
|
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533 | and
|
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534 | /var/lib/NetworkManager
|
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535 | </seg>
|
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536 | <!-- A lot of libraries were removed here. We should verify compatibilty.
|
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537 | RESTORED AT 1.18.2 -renodr -->
|
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538 | </seglistitem>
|
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539 | </segmentedlist>
|
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540 |
|
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541 | <variablelist>
|
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542 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
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543 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
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544 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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545 |
|
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546 | <varlistentry id="nmcli">
|
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547 | <term><command>nmcli</command></term>
|
---|
548 | <listitem>
|
---|
549 | <para>
|
---|
550 | is a command-line tool for controlling
|
---|
551 | <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
---|
552 | and getting its status
|
---|
553 | </para>
|
---|
554 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmcli">
|
---|
555 | <primary sortas="b-nmcli">nmcli</primary>
|
---|
556 | </indexterm>
|
---|
557 | </listitem>
|
---|
558 | </varlistentry>
|
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559 |
|
---|
560 | <varlistentry id="nm-online">
|
---|
561 | <term><command>nm-online</command></term>
|
---|
562 | <listitem>
|
---|
563 | <para>
|
---|
564 | is an utility to determine whether you are online
|
---|
565 | </para>
|
---|
566 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-online">
|
---|
567 | <primary sortas="b-nm-online">nm-online</primary>
|
---|
568 | </indexterm>
|
---|
569 | </listitem>
|
---|
570 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
571 |
|
---|
572 | <varlistentry id="nmtui">
|
---|
573 | <term><command>nmtui</command></term>
|
---|
574 | <listitem>
|
---|
575 | <para>
|
---|
576 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface for
|
---|
577 | <application>nmcli</application>
|
---|
578 | </para>
|
---|
579 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui">
|
---|
580 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui">nmtui</primary>
|
---|
581 | </indexterm>
|
---|
582 | </listitem>
|
---|
583 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
584 |
|
---|
585 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-connect">
|
---|
586 | <term><command>nmtui-connect</command></term>
|
---|
587 | <listitem>
|
---|
588 | <para>
|
---|
589 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to
|
---|
590 | activate/deactivate connections
|
---|
591 | </para>
|
---|
592 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-connect">
|
---|
593 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-connect">nmtui-connect</primary>
|
---|
594 | </indexterm>
|
---|
595 | </listitem>
|
---|
596 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
597 |
|
---|
598 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-edit">
|
---|
599 | <term><command>nmtui-edit</command></term>
|
---|
600 | <listitem>
|
---|
601 | <para>
|
---|
602 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to edit connections
|
---|
603 | </para>
|
---|
604 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-edit">
|
---|
605 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-edit">nmtui-edit</primary>
|
---|
606 | </indexterm>
|
---|
607 | </listitem>
|
---|
608 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
609 |
|
---|
610 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-hostname">
|
---|
611 | <term><command>nmtui-hostname</command></term>
|
---|
612 | <listitem>
|
---|
613 | <para>
|
---|
614 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to edit the hostname
|
---|
615 | </para>
|
---|
616 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-hostname">
|
---|
617 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-hostname">nmtui-hostname</primary>
|
---|
618 | </indexterm>
|
---|
619 | </listitem>
|
---|
620 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
621 |
|
---|
622 | <varlistentry id="NetworkManager-prog">
|
---|
623 | <term><command>NetworkManager</command></term>
|
---|
624 | <listitem>
|
---|
625 | <para>
|
---|
626 | is the network management daemon
|
---|
627 | </para>
|
---|
628 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-prog">
|
---|
629 | <primary sortas="b-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
|
---|
630 | </indexterm>
|
---|
631 | </listitem>
|
---|
632 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
633 |
|
---|
634 | <varlistentry id="libnm">
|
---|
635 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnm.so</filename></term>
|
---|
636 | <listitem>
|
---|
637 | <para>
|
---|
638 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
---|
639 | </para>
|
---|
640 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm">
|
---|
641 | <primary sortas="c-libnm">libnm.so</primary>
|
---|
642 | </indexterm>
|
---|
643 | </listitem>
|
---|
644 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
645 | </variablelist>
|
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646 |
|
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647 | </sect2>
|
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648 |
|
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649 | </sect1>
|
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