netenv doesn't come up initializing via systemd

[Michael Biebl]

Am 31.05.2014 15:09, schrieb Michael Biebl:
> That leaves netdev.
> Tbh I don't know what to do about that. The password agents [2] were
> designed to prompt for passphrases, not to select from a list from
> pre-defined values. So they are not applicable to the case.
> 
> 
> While you can change a service file's StandardInput= setting so it
> actually get's access to the console during boot, a "systemctl start
> netdev.service" in you terminal emulator does not work with that either
> afair. But for this case you could simply provide a command-line tool
> like netenv-select or so
> 
> As a closing remark, let me add that it is generally discouraged to
> prompt for input during boot.

netenv let's you choose a network configuration via an interactiva
dialog during boot.
It also supports a mode though where you specify the network profile via
a kernel command line argument.
I would make that the only supported modus operandi under systemd.


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