On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 09:19:05PM -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> 
> Since it's packaged as the default from the upstream vendor
> distribution, and since the "system-config-network" tool from the
> upstream  vendor provides no ability to access or manipulate this
> feature or numerous others, ...
>

Complaint rejected.

RTFM the "Deployment Guide", section "Networking".

It tells you to use "nm-connection-editor". It even explains all this business
of "system" and "user" network connections.

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/part-Networking.html

P.S. system-config-network is gone, but of late, it was simpler
to "vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX", and "Look Ma! Vi those
files directly still works, even with the NetworkManager!"

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