Hi there! On Mon, 02 May 2011 03:03:51 +0200, Fernando Lemos wrote: > 2011/5/1 Miroslav Suchý <miros...@suchy.cz>: >> Dne 3.4.2011 18:08, Fernando Lemos napsal(a): >>> >>> * It doesn't have a good command-line interface >> >> It does have CLI interface. Those commands are bundled directly in >> NetworkManager: >> nm-cli ^^^^^^ nmcli, without the dash, for I do not know which reason (and I was missing it because of that).
>> nm-tool >> nm-online >> >> I'm not sure if this qualify as "good command-line interface" :) > > Those tools can't create or delete connections, which is kind of > important, so no. ;-) Exactly, I was enjoying the moment when I found out that NM has CLI interfaces, then discovering that I could not do anything brought me back to my old loved manual setup (yes, through ifup and wpasupplicant). > That said, nothing prevents the creation of a decent command-line > interface. There's cnetworkmanager, which wasn't working the last time > I checked (API incompatibility with the Debian packages, might have > been fixed by now). The DBus API is pretty straightforward, I use a > bunch of scripts to create and delete wireless connections. FWIW, nmcli is supposed to be the official NM CLI and it superseded cnetworkmanager: <http://repo.or.cz/w/cnetworkmanager.git/commitdiff/e2c001152478bd12df8aca8627cde298ad552e12> <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NetworkManagerCmdline> Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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