On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 14:55 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 14:40 -0400, William Case wrote: > > I will see if I can get help with NetworkManager on the > > networkmanager-list@xxxxxxxxx , but meanwhile, so as to avoid asking > > really stupid questions in more than one place. Is the 'network' > > service supposed to be running while the NetworkManager service is on? > > There is no such thing as *the* 'network' service (in the sense I think > you mean). People on this list are using Network vs. NM as a shorthand > for two ways of configuring the various network components, some of > which are in the kernel and some in user space. Specifically when they > say Network in this context they mean the set of scripts invoked via the > system-config-network command. If you use NM then system-confiig-network is of no use. It controls the scripts for network. > > > Is it compiled into the kernel? I thought it was a module? Are those > > questions even relevant? > > The TCP/IP network protocol stack is wired into the kernel. Various > device drivers may be wired in or loadable as modules. Other bits such > as DHCP service run in user space. > > > ps aux shows NetworkManager but no 'network' or friends. > > Because it's not a single process. > > poc > -- ======================================================================= Rule of Life #1 -- Never get separated from your luggage. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
