[opensuse] Connect to network at boot
My openSuSE 11.1 (KDE4.1) connects to the network only after the user is logged in. This is an issue because I use often this machine as a server and all I want is to start the machine without any user logged in. I could automatically log an user at boot, but I have several users and I don't want to have an user logged automatically to this machine. Is there a way to connect to the LAN at boot, without needing a user to be logged in? -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bogdan Cristea wrote:
My openSuSE 11.1 (KDE4.1) connects to the network only after the user is logged in. This is an issue because I use often this machine as a server and all I want is to start the machine without any user logged in. I could automatically log an user at boot, but I have several users and I don't want to have an user logged automatically to this machine. Is there a way to connect to the LAN at boot, without needing a user to be logged in?
Go into the NIC configuration in Yast. You can specify when you want a network interface to start. One option is at boot time.. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Bogdan Cristea wrote:
My openSuSE 11.1 (KDE4.1) connects to the network only after the user is logged in. This is an issue because I use often this machine as a server and all I want is to start the machine without any user logged in. I could automatically log an user at boot, but I have several users and I don't want to have an user logged automatically to this machine. Is there a way to connect to the LAN at boot, without needing a user to be logged in?
Go into the NIC configuration in Yast. You can specify when you want a network interface to start. One option is at boot time..
What you actually want is to use the "traditional ifup" method of configuring the card as well as have it start at boot time. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 30 December 2008 23:14:24 James Knott wrote:
Bogdan Cristea wrote:
My openSuSE 11.1 (KDE4.1) connects to the network only after the user is logged in. This is an issue because I use often this machine as a server and all I want is to start the machine without any user logged in. I could automatically log an user at boot, but I have several users and I don't want to have an user logged automatically to this machine. Is there a way to connect to the LAN at boot, without needing a user to be logged in?
Go into the NIC configuration in Yast. You can specify when you want a network interface to start. One option is at boot time..
-- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org
Please be more specific because I don't find the NIC configuration in Yast. I have used ifup to start the network and I see that the network interface should start automatically at boot, but still the machine is not accessible till a user is logged. regards Bogdan -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bogdan Cristea wrote:
On Tuesday 30 December 2008 23:14:24 James Knott wrote:
Bogdan Cristea wrote:
My openSuSE 11.1 (KDE4.1) connects to the network only after the user is logged in. This is an issue because I use often this machine as a server and all I want is to start the machine without any user logged in. I could automatically log an user at boot, but I have several users and I don't want to have an user logged automatically to this machine. Is there a way to connect to the LAN at boot, without needing a user to be logged in?
Go into the NIC configuration in Yast. You can specify when you want a network interface to start. One option is at boot time..
-- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org
Please be more specific because I don't find the NIC configuration in Yast. I have used ifup to start the network and I see that the network interface should start automatically at boot, but still the machine is not accessible till a user is logged.
regards Bogdan
Yast > Network Devices > Network Settings. Select the network interface, click on edit, general tab and look for the Activate device button. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Bogdan Cristea
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James Knott
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Ken Schneider