Ok guys thanks for putting me in good direction.

The thing is, if you don't select the Available to all users check box in
the Network Manager Applet, there *won't be a file under
/etc/sysconfig/*for the desired network adapter, and therefore, there
will be no networking
before any of the users log in.

Putting a file inside that directory will help, but I guess the recommended
way would be to select the check box

Thanks a lot.

 *José Pablo Méndez
*********



On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:12 PM, MT Julianto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> On 9 December 2012 17:05, Eero Volotinen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>  2012/12/9 José Pablo Méndez Soto <[log in to unmask]>:
>> > I noticed that my virtual machine with GUI, that I built from the
>> > SL-63-x86_64-2012-08-02-Install-DVD.iso, won't reply to pings or open
>> SSH
>> > sessions until a user logs in.
>> >
>> > I tried the same on a CentOS  6.2 built similarly, and no matter if
>> there
>> > are users or no users logged in, it always have networking and you can
>> SSH
>> > into it.
>> >
>> > Any idea about this difference? Can it be changed in SL so to initiate
>> > connections before a GUI log in?
>>
>
> Have you check the boxes “Connect Automatically” and “Available to all
> users” on the network options / properties?
>
>
>
>> On RHEL 6 and clones, network is managed by network-manager by
>> default. You need to disable network manager and configure interfaces
>> on traditional way.
>>
>
> I don't think so. I have some SL PCs with NetworkManager, and I can reboot
> them remotely and remote login (ssh) with no problem.
>
> Regards,
> -Tito.
>
>