On 26/07/2012 15:50, Scott Robbins wrote: > Unfortunately, according to folks who have more knowledge than I do > about these things, in later versions of Fedora, and therefore, > probably the next version or so of RH, just manually editing > sysconfig/network-scripts will overlook some necessary parts. > system-config-network-tui may wind up becoming necessary. Through RH > 5.x it was enough to manually edit the necessary files. However, in > later versions of Fedora, this may cause errors because there will be > some other scripts or files elsewhere, that system-config-network-tui > manipulates. Meanwhile, Fedora is trying to make NetworkManager the > default interface handler, (and there is apparently a command line > version.) I know I'm old and cranky, but to me, it just seems like > those meddlesome kids with their newfangled smartphones and touch > screens are taking over development, and that many of them just don't > care about the sysadmin portion of use. Interestingly, even when I use system-config-network-tui (at least on CentOS 6.2) I still had to manually edit the ONBOOT network parameter in /etc/sysconfig for my Ethernet to be enabled at startup. Not sure if there is something in the menu system that would do that for me... -- Regards, Giles Coochey, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles at coochey.net