Who is turning on my eth1?

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Montag, den 04.07.2011, 22:13 -0700 schrieb Tony and Marilyn Ewell: 
> Hi All,
> 
> In Xfce 4.4.2, CentOS 5.6, 32 bit, I have a start up script
> that turns off eth1 (/sbin/ifdown eth1).
> 
> Under Xfce 4.8, SL6 64 bit, eth1 is back on when Xfce settles.
> (I can manually run the script to down eth1.)
> 
> Anyone have any idea who is doing this?

NetworkManager. Uncheck "Controlled by NetworkManager" in
nm-connection-editor or add "NM_CONTROLLED=no" to the ifcfg-eth1 file.

Regards,
Christoph