Changeset 2f54800b for networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml

Timestamp:

12/16/2018 08:44:32 AM (5 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

elogind

Children:

4ef4636b

Parents:

89cd6f41

Message:

Merge trunk changes.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/branches/BOOK-elogind@20823 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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• networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml (modified) (1 diff)

networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml

@@ -302 +302 @@
 
       <para>
-        You can add <option>dns=none</option> to suppress changes to
-         <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>. See
-         <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command>
-         for any additional options.
+        This file should not be modified directly by users of the system.
+        Instead, system specific changes should be made using configuration
+        files in the
+        <filename class="directory">/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d</filename>
+        direcotry.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        To allow polkit to manage authorizations, add the following
+        configuration file:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/polkit.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>[main]
+auth-polkit=true</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        To use something other than the built-in dhcp client (recommended if
+        using only <command>nmcli</command>), use the following configuration
+       (valid values are dhclient, dhcpcd, and internal):
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/dhcp.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>[main]
+dhcp=</literal><replaceable>dhclient</replaceable>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        To prevent <application>NetworkManager</application> from updating the
+        <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> file, add the following
+        configuration file:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/no-dns-update.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>[main]
+dns=none</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        For additional configuation options, see
+        <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command>.
       </para>