I've been reading through the installation instructions for wpa_supplicant
(http://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable-systemd/basicnet/wpa_supplicant.html)
and NetworkManager
(http://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable-systemd/basicnet/networkmanager.html)
on 8.4-systemd. There are a few questions I have:
a) NetworkManager lists UPower-0.99.9 as a recommended dependency. UPower comes
with a systemd unit. Does this mean that UPower should be installed, or that
the systemd unit should be started/enabled as well?
b) Similarly, NetworkManager lists BlueZ-5.50 and ModemManager-1.10.0, both of
which have their own systemd units. Should the systemd units be started/enabled
for NetworkManager?
c) The page on wpa_supplicant describes the installation of the systemd units:
# install -v -m644 systemd/*.service /lib/systemd/system/
and the D-Bus configurations files
# install -v -m644
dbus/fi.{epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant,w1.wpa_supplicant1}.service \
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/ &&
install -v -d -m755 /etc/dbus-1/system.d &&
install -v -m644 dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf \
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
and its activation
# systemctl enable wpa_supplicant
I assume that the systemd units are only needed when using wpa_supplicant
without NetworkManager. Are the D-Bus configuration files and the D-Bus service
are needed for NetworkManager, is that correct?
Does the 'Configuration Information' apply for the use with NetworkManager as
well?
d) The note on the NetworkManager page states: 'If using Network Manager to
manage an interface, any previous configuration for that interface should be
removed, and the interface brought down prior to starting Network Manager.'.
I've configures my network interface using the
/etc/systemd/network/10-eth-dhcp.network file during LFS
(http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable-systemd/chapter07/network.html).
Does this mean that I should delete that file, or is there something else that
needs to be done? How do I bring down the interface? NetworkManager lists
dhcpcd-7.1.1 as a recommended dependency; I assume that I shouldn't
start/enable the systemd unit for dhcpcd, correct?
Greetings,
Hans--
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