network vs NetworkManger services ??

Matthew Saltzman mjs at clemson.edu
Sat Aug 16 21:57:25 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 17:10 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Thank you Matthew. That was why I was double checking.
> 
> On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 16:54 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > 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:
> [snip]
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> network won't turn off.
> 
> The command line shows:
> 
> ]# service network status
> Configured devices:
> lo eth0
> Currently active devices:
> lo eth0
> 
> ]# service network stop
> Shutting down interface eth0:                              [  OK  ]
> Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
> 
> and then;
> NetworkManager's gui shows warning 'disconnected'; does its grind;
> produces a dialogue (tool tip thingy) that says I am reconnected.
> 
> If I check, I get:
> 
> ]# service network status
> Configured devices:
> lo eth0
> Currently active devices:
> lo eth0
> 
> And it is back running.  Even after hot or cold re-boot.

To ensure that the network service does not run at boot, run 'chkconfig
network off' as root.  If the network service is stopped, it may still
report active interfaces, even if they are being managed by
NetworkManager.
-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




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