Re: On network management and documenting nmcli

[Nils Gillmann]

Devan Carpenter transcribed 1.4K bytes:
> Pierre Neidhardt transcribed 1.1K bytes:
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> > Devan Carpenter <address@hidden> writes:
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> > > Oleg Pykhalov transcribed 1.8K bytes:
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> > >> We could pick a ‘nmtui’ program as we pick ‘cfdisk’ instead of ‘fdisk’.
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> > > +1
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> > Is nmtui on the install image as well?
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> I'm not sure. We should consider adding it, if not.
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Yes, it is:

readlink $(which nmtui)
/gnu/store/kp99ls7p93j640ghsgfzma0fr9ql72p3-network-manager-1.8.4/bin/nmtui


If I remember correctly NM had something about PAM and groups so that you
could add connections.

Gentoo has a neat little tool in their install image.
net-setup detects cards and prompts you for passwords etc.
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/livecd-tools.git/tree/net-setup