Changeset 7fd06b0

Timestamp:

12/16/2018 08:39:36 AM (6 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, bdubbs/svn, gimp3, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c261b9c

Parents:

5ac58b54

Message:

Clarify modular configuration of NetworkManager with examples of common and recommended configurations.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@20822 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -47 +47 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] - Clarify modular configuration of NetworkManager with
+          examples of common and recommended configurations.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to plasma5-5.14.4. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11118">#11118</ulink>.</para>
@@ -59 +63 @@
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[dj] - Update to NetworkManager-1.14.2. Fixes
+          <para>[dj] - Update to NetworkManager-1.14.4. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11150">#11150</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>

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>