On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:37:16 +0300 Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> I would be interested in > >> > >> * No-dbus replacement for NetworkManager/Wicd > >> > >> Are you thinking a C program? > > > > HECK no! There's no requirement for this program to be fast, and I > > want to make it easy on myself. Python probably, with the minimum > > Python addons, and only addons that ship with Python itself. > > > > If people really hate the Python dependency (I thought almost > > everyone installs Python anyway), perhaps I could make it out of > > shellscripts, awk and the like. > > I too am interested in a no-dbus replacement for NetworkManager/Wicd > > I also like the idea of a shell script, it would make it more > accessible to more people, but only if it is feasible. A thing > should be as simple as possible but no simpler. So if it needs perl > or python then so be it, it would not be the first tool with such a > dependency. But my preference would be shell. > > Regards, > /Lars You might be in luck, if a few more people jump in. One person emailed me offlist with code to do this, either we could all start using his code, or I could use his code as a starting point. The toughest part is how to store the passwords in a way that isn't a security problem. But then again, with NetworkManager, as I remember, you can click "clear text" and see the passwords :-) SteveT Steve Litt August 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
