On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 23:48, Derek Jennings wrote:
> A script placed in ~/bash_profile will execute when you log in, but I do not
> know how to select a networking profile from a script. You would also have to
> consider how you would tell the system it was being used at Home or Office?
>
> I think I would just use the drop down list of profiles in the net_monitor GUI
> when I wanted to change the access method :)
>
> derek
>
>
>
> On Wednesday 27 Nov 2002 11:29 am, Marcos Nobre wrote:
> > Ok Derek, I will proceed with your advises about Cooker`s softwares.
> >
> > Suppose that I develop 3 profiles with "Network Connect GUI"
> > of Mdk9 as you sad : 1=Home / 2=Office-A / 3=Office-B.
> >
> > My big doubt is how can I inform (setting up) some of them at
> > boot (login) time ?
> >
> > I need to power-on my Notebook, waiting for loading OS and
> > than, at Login fase, I need to define that my environment (network
> > settings) will be X, or Y or Z. Understood ?
> >
> > Is there a way to do this?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Marcos Nobre
> >
> > Derek Jennings wrote:
> > >On Monday 25 Nov 2002 3:17 pm, Marcos Nobre wrote:
> > >>I have found "drakprofile" on cooker, instaled it and when I try
> > >>to configure any (default) profile, I got some py...gtk error.
> > >>
> > >>This is the right (best) way to have (install / setup) Multiple Profiles
> > >> ? There is another tool (feature) to do this on Mdk 9 ?
> > >>
> > >>Thanks in advance,
> > >>
> > >>Marcos Nobre.
> > >>
> > >>Conheça o novo sistema AntiSpam. Visite
> > >>http://www.bsb.netium.com.br/servicos/antispam
> > >
> > >Installing Cooker packages is likely to cause problems, unless you are
> > > know what you are doing, and should be avoided.
> > >If you want to define multiple profiles you can do that quite easily in
> > >Mandrake 9.0 using the Network Connect GUI.
> > >If you want to select a profile you can do that using the
> > >/usr/sbin/net_monitor application which is the same as the 'Internet' GUI
> > > on your desktop.
> > >If you want to use net_monitor without having to give root password you
> > > can read how to do that here
> > > http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/dialup.html
> > >
> > >derek
> > >
MDK comes with linuxconf - and you can set linuxconf to give you the
ability to change profiles prior to the initialization of all the bootup
services...give that a go...
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