12 Dec
2013
12 Dec
'13
2:18 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:19:26 +1300 Peter peter@pajamian.dhs.org wrote:
Right, but core should be just the bare minimum. NetworkManager is certainly not required to configure your network, in fact el7 runs just fine without it. Just set your ifcfg-eth0 scripts, etc, and you're good to go.
By the same logic you could argue that a text editor is not required for a bare minimum --- namely, you can always use cat and echo from the command line to "edit" the config files.
The point of the text editor in a minimal installation is to make life easier for a sysadmin. The point of NetworkManager is the same --- it is included so that you don't have to "just set your ifcfg-eth0 scripts".
HTH, :-) Marko