I would like to know how to change the settings in openSuse without causing damage. I looked at yast, but it declares these are managed by NetworkManager. I looked at a couple of the network manager applets, but did not see how to proceed. I wish to change my ports from DHCP to static. I need to be able to add name servers etc. when I do this. I would also like to be able to tell the system what the password for my Wi-Fi is so that it does not prompt me all of the time. I think NetworkManager needs to be shut down to make these changes. But how does one do that. I tried disabling it in services but that did not appear to work. I would also like to know how to modify user parameters, such as the default shell, without breaking the system. I used a command line tool (forgot which one:-( and nobody was able to log into the system. I assume the damn check sums were not updated correctly. It used to be so easy to just edit /etc/passwd, or /etc/networking to make these changes. Thanks, Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org