[Mageia-dev] NetworkManager vs initscripts

[Frank Griffin]

On 11/28/2012 08:05 AM, Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
> If the interface is configured using NetworkManager, why doesn't NM 
> itself create the file, if it doesn't exist, and add the line, to 
> prevent this? Perhaps a checkbox could be added to make it happen. 
> Just thinking out loud. 
NM doesn't need ifcfg files, and without the file being there, udev has 
no way of knowing that NM is controlling the interface.