Bug 586376

Summary: network settings: "activate device" event -- add option for exclusive activation
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.1 Reporter: macias - <bluedzins>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Michal Zugec <mzugec>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P5 - None CC: mt, nettezzaumanaa, pilotgi, rpm, schubi
Version: Final   
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Hardware: x86-64   
OS: Other   
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Description macias - 2010-03-08 19:46:58 UTC 
Yast -> network devices -> network settings -> interface -> activate device

Currently there are several options, like on boot, on cable connection, manual, etc.

Let's focus on cable connection -- when cable is connected that device is activated. That is what this option says. But what this option _does not_ say is this activation is exclusive, i.e. it will shutdown all other active interfaces.

I am not discussing if such implicit, additional action is useful or not (for me not), but anyway, if there is an _extra_ action, there should be an _extra_ option. Namely:

[ ] exclusive activation

that way user could set/control if she/he really wants exclusive connection over only one interface. This way also it would be finally possible to use "on cable connection" settings with multiple interfaces/connections (currently it is not possible and user has to set it up manually with ifup).
Comment 1 Stefan Schubert 2010-03-09 14:21:40 UTC 
Michal ? :-)
Comment 5 Michal Zugec 2010-03-15 13:53:59 UTC 
*** Bug 586338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Michal Zugec 2010-03-15 13:54:33 UTC 
*** Bug 535750 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Michal Zugec 2010-03-15 13:54:36 UTC 
*** Bug 578451 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Michal Zugec 2010-10-12 15:46:14 UTC 
done in yast2-network-2.19.39 (Factory)
Comment 9 Bernhard Wiedemann 2016-04-15 10:53:17 UTC 
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (586376) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/50563 Factory / yast2-network