It works with frontend or backend. I forgot the SUID when I copied it to /usr/bin/netman/. My interfaces looks almost like yours, but I don't have a line for the wireless, and there's a line for interfaces.d. This is what I got with the alpha2 netinstall. The only change I made was to comment out the allow-hotplug line.
--- source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface #allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp --- And yes, I tried without selecting an interface, and netman was kind enough to let me know my mistake. (Thanks, I like error messages.) -fsmithred On 09/07/2015 10:30 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: > The command to connect to eth0 is a new addition. Use the following: > > ./backend 9 eth0 > > Please note that netman, the frontend does not assume which device you > want to use as your networking interface. This means, you have to > select it in the list box. > > Also remember to change the SUID of backend to that of root. backend > needs root privileges, that is why its SUID is changed to that of > root. > > My /etc/network/interfaces file is as follows: > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > # allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > # WIFI Configuration > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > > > If I remember well, backend can also connect eth1, eth2, ... eth99, > but that has not been tested. The frontend still only knows about > eth0, but again, the system must be configured so that eth0 is > recognized. > > Hopefully, this helps. > > Edward > > On 07/09/2015, fsmithred <fsmith...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I can confirm that adding "iface wlan0 inet dhcp" to >> /etc/network/interfaces fixes it. >> >> New problem: I can't get eth0 to connect using netman. This is in a >> virtualbox installation of devuan alpha2 netinstall. I purged wicd and >> rebooted. I copied the executables from the other installation, I've got >> 'iface eth0 inet dhcp' in interfaces, and it works with ifup/ifdown on >> command line. >> >> If I try to connect with netman, it fails. Running 'ifconfig eth0' before >> trying to connect with netmane does not help. >> >> If I connect with 'ifup eth0' and then try to disconnect with netman, it >> fails. If I try to disconnect with 'backend 5' I get: >> >> user@devuan-a2:~/netman$ ./backend 5 >> ifdown: failed to open lockfile /run/network/.ifstate.lock: Permission >> denied >> user@devuan-a2:~/netman$ ls -l /run/network/.ifstate.lock >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 7 09:21 /run/network/.ifstate.lock >> >> Deleting the lockfile doesn't help. >> >> There's no backend command for connecting eth0, so I can't get any >> terminal output. >> >> -fsmithred >> >> _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
