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List:       ilugc
Subject:    Re: [Ilugc] problem configuring network manually
From:       Mohan Sundaram <mohan.tux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-01-28 1:18:28
Message-ID: 582fce4d1001271706n1204a43ck4018fa96ecddd6c1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:13 PM, rahimanuddin shaik
<nani1only@gmail.com> wrote:
> In our college lab, there's a strange problem with few systems that dont
> allow to configure network settings manually. the apply button gets disabled
> as soon as i try to manually configure the ip address. when i tried from
> console mode, it said error configuring ipv4 settings. The systems connect
> to lan in windows. Please help
> with regards,
> Rahimanuddin Shaik

If you are not root or have permissions to reconfigure the system, the
same would happen. Try launching the networking applet with sudo.

-- Mohan Sundaram
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