Bug 480511 - NetworkManager update overwrites nm-system-settings.conf
Summary: NetworkManager update overwrites nm-system-settings.conf
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 465633
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-01-18 00:33 UTC by Frank Crawford
Modified: 2009-01-21 23:56 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-01-21 23:56:53 UTC
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Description Frank Crawford 2009-01-18 00:33:34 UTC 
Description of problem:
Update of NetworkManager overwrites /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.i386

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Modify nm-system-settings.conf, e.g. add keyfile to plugins.
2. Install latest NetworkManager rpm
3. Observer that updates have been lost
  
Actual results:
nm-system-settings.conf is overwritten.

Expected results:
nm-system-settings.conf unchanged or saved as a .rpmsave file.

Additional info:
The change to nm-system-settings.conf may cause issues with NetworkManager initiating system connections.
Comment 1 Martin Ebourne 2009-01-21 23:56:53 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 465633 ***
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