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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Connect to network at boot
From:       James Knott <james.knott () rogers ! com>
Date:       2008-12-31 12:11:00
Message-ID: 495B6154.70708 () rogers ! com
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Bogdan Cristea wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 December 2008 23:14:24 James Knott wrote:
>   
>> Bogdan Cristea wrote:
>>     
>>>       My openSuSE 11.1 (KDE4.1) connects to the network only after the
>>> user is logged in. This is an issue because I use often this machine as a
>>> server and all I want is to start the machine without any user logged in.
>>> I could automatically log an user at boot, but I have several users and I
>>> don't want to have an user logged automatically to this machine.
>>>      Is there a way to connect to the LAN at boot, without needing a user
>>> to be logged in?
>>>       
>> Go into the NIC configuration in Yast. You can specify when you want a
>> network interface to start. One option is at boot time..
>>
>>
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>>     
>
> Please be more specific because I don't find the NIC configuration in Yast.
> I have used ifup to start the network and I see that the network interface 
> should start automatically at boot, but still the machine is not accessible 
> till a user is logged.
>
> regards
> Bogdan
>
>   
Yast > Network Devices > Network Settings.  Select the network
interface, click on edit, general tab and look for the Activate device
button.


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