On 04/30/2014 12:54 PM, Steve Clark wrote:
What I meant about Windows is everything seems to be hidden behind some gui interface, which leads people to not really understand the underpinnings of what is truly happening.
A GUI and a registry; and I agree with that assessment.
NM seems akin to this, at least the last time I tried to use several years ago.
There is a CLI to manage (but not edit) connections with NetworkManager in C6. EL7 is supposed to improve the CLI functionality of NM, but that remains to be seen (meaning I've not taken the time to try it, as it's not really high on my list of priorities). The command is nmcli, and it takes a bit of reading to see what it is doing. It also takes a bit of thought, since NM is connection, rather than interface, oriented.
Earlier versions do seem to be more opaque than they probably should be, which is probably one of the primary reasons NM is in the Desktop group, and you get the Traditional networking if you don't install that group, or NM on its own, at least in C6.
I work in a development environment where we are constantly adding and removing systems and connections and for me it just gets in the way. I can quickly type ip a a ..., ip r a ... and be done with it.
I understand your pain, and your needs. Many days my production environment feels that way.