On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 10:01 -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
System-wide configuration is much more useful than per-user config. A lot of things are broke if the network is only working when someone logs in (cron jobs like "yum", any type of remote administration, etc.).
I've found that a way around this is to have a config in place in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ by using netconfig or whathaveyou. This config is used at boot time, and then when I log in as a user NetworkManager takes over the connection. Not optimal, but at least functional for my system.