network vs NetworkManger services ??

[Matthew Saltzman]

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 at gnome.org , 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.

He's referring to /etc/initi.d/network.  And no, it should be off if you
are running NetowrkManager (and vice versa).  And the interfaces you
want to be managed by NetworkManager should be so set in
system-config-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
> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

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