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.