On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 09:40 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 12:21 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > > Has it been pointed out that NetworkManager takes all interfaces it > > controls down when you log out? > > It then brings them/it up again when you log in. > > > > In other words, NetworkManager is user oriented. This allows the user > > to control network services customized by user. I thought that the above was not true and it is not. When I logoff and logon as another user the wifi netwqork connection persists. And that would obviously be true for a wired network connection. > > Though that would limit its usefulness. There's all manner of things, > even on a client PC, where pulling the network up and down is going to > disrupt things (NTP, software updates, maybe even X if it's using the > LAN address rather than localhost). > > If that behaviour wasn't configurable, I wouldn't use it. I want > computers to be accessible by other computers on the LAN, whether or not > someone's logged into them. > > > -- > (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's > important to the thread.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > -- ======================================================================= It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon. Which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to. -- Franklin P. Jones ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
