[SSSD] [Fwd: Re: #456: Register with NetworkManager for notifications]

Dmitri Pal dpal at redhat.com
Wed Apr 28 15:29:11 UTC 2010


Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On 04/28/2010 11:07 AM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>   
>> Is there any way to determine is this is a primary interface or not?
>> I think we should treat interface through which we established
>> connection th the server (in my terms "primary" interface) differently
>> from other interfaces.
>> If we get notification from the NM about the interface that we used to
>> talk to server (i.e. "primary interface) we should go offline.
>> If we get notification from a different interface we should ignore it.
>>     
>
> I stated much the same in my reply to the ticket.
>
> Basically, I intend to reuse much of the code I'm going to write for 
> handling dynamic DNS updates in FreeIPA. We will know which interfaces 
> are relevant for the provider, and if either of them changes, we can 
> trigger the offline event.
>
>   

Good.

>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dmitri
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: 	Re: [SSSD] #456: Register with NetworkManager for notifications
>> Date: 	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:02:49 -0000
>> From: 	SSSD<trac at fedorahosted.org>
>> Reply-To: 	nobody at fedoraproject.org
>> To: 	undisclosed-recipients:;
>> References: 	<048.d00731159f061af1a3cdebde3f0f8c95 at fedorahosted.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> #456: Register with NetworkManager for notifications
>> ------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
>>      Reporter:  sgallagh       |        Owner:  somebody
>>          Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new
>>      Priority:  major          |    Milestone:  NEEDS_TRIAGE
>>     Component:  Data Provider  |      Version:  1.1.1
>>    Resolution:                 |     Keywords:
>>       Fixedin:                 |          Doc:  0
>>         Tests:  1              |   Docupdated:  0
>> Testsupdated:  0              |
>> ------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
>> Comment (by simo):
>>
>>   Note: this maybe harder then it seem at a first sight.
>>   We can really force offline mode only if *all* interfaces have been shut
>>   down.
>>   If only one of many is stopped we can't just blindly go oflline.
>>   Same sort of consideration for trying to go online apply.
>>
>>     
>
>
>   


-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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