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. > >