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.