F13: How to enable NetworkManager system connection?

[Sam Sharpe]

On 12 June 2010 23:30, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 12 June 2010 02:28 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote:
>> On 12 June 2010 22:16, Suvayu Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On Saturday 12 June 2010 01:52 PM, Andrea wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It does not seem possible to create a wifi system connection with network manager.
>>>> The option is greyed out.
>>>>
>>>> How do I enable it?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You can try enabling it by directly editing the configuration file. You
>>> should be able to find the appropriate network device file under
>>>
>>> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-*
>>>
>>> You need to add a line like this,
>>>
>>> ONBOOT=yes
>>
>> This has almost nothing to do with NetworkManager, Wifi or the OP's question.
>>
>
> Didn't the OP want a wifi connection to be available to _everyone_, but
> was unable to set it up because the option was greyed out? I thought
> this was how you achieved that from the terminal, or am I missing something?

NetworkManager stores connection information in GConf, not in the
files you referred to. They are irrelevant to a NetworkManager
controlled connection.

Here's a user connection:

[sam at samlap ~ ]$ gconftool-2 -R /system/networking/connections/5/connection
 timestamp = 1276383598
 type = 802-11-wireless
 id = Auto <deleted>
 name = connection
 uuid = <deleted>

I don't have any system connections to show you, but they would be
stored in the system gconf in /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system/

-- 
Sam