Re: Can't get NetworkManager to configure ntp

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

> Yes, this is getting off the subject.  The real issue here is:
> 
> 1) NetworkManager does not implement a good chunk of the configuration 
> functionality available via DHCP.  From what I can see, it ignores 
> ntp-servers, domain-name, and host-name.  The only thing it does, 
> apparently, is set the IP address, the subnet mask, the routing table, and 
> generate /etc/resolv.conf.
> 
> 2) Even though dhclient-script is perfectly capable of handling the 
> remaining DHCP options that NetworkManager does not yet implement, it is 
> prevented from doing so.  I cannot see any good reason for that.
> 
> 3) None of the above is documented anywhere.  It would've saved me a great 
> deal of trouble if some README somewhere simply told me: yes, NetworkManager 
> does not implement X and Y.
> 
> The only reason I haven't filed a bug in Bugzilla is because I'm really only 
> about 70% sure of the above, based on the snippets of code I looked at so 
> far, and I've hacked around this mess using NetworkManagerDispatcher.  I 
> don't like to file bugs in Bugzilla only to get a NOTABUG (it's implemented, 
> but you don't know the magic incantation for finding the documentation how 
> to set it up).
Whatever the problem is you are complaining to the wrong list. Post to:
networkmanager-list gnome org
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Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>