Illegal question...

[fred smith]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 02:40:49PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 08/16/2012 02:18 PM, Steven Stern issued this missive::
> >On 08/16/2012 03:57 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >>On 08/16/2012 01:52 PM, Jack Craig issued this missive::
> >>>Donning flame retardant cloak, I have a question for the network
> >>>experienced...
> >>>
> >>>After doing a non-fedora install of a like OS (but more community
> >>>centric;)
> >>>, I find the network stack falls over if a user login on the console
> >>>logs out!
> >>>
> >>>anyone ever seen seen such a weirdness?
> >>>   I am not sure where to look for this and welcome any clues...
> >>
> >>If you're talking of a GUI login on the console (e.g. KDE, Gnome, etc.)
> >>AND the user runs the NetworkManager applet, of course it'll go away as
> >>the user who set up the network is no longer at the machine. NM will
> >>shut the network down until the (or another) user logs in again at the
> >>console.
> >
> >Unless NetworkManager is told to allow all users to use the network
> >profile (i.e., make it a system-wide profile).
> 
> Still wouldn't function unless someone's logged in. Personally, I never
> use NM except on a laptop that's going to roam. I use the old, crusty
> network scripts for machines that stay put.

Rick, if that were the case then I wouldn't be able to ssh into my
eeepc from my desktop when no one is otherwise logged into the eeepc.
But I CAN do that...

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