From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 3 18:25:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1295116A4CE; Mon, 3 May 2004 18:25:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F6E43D39; Mon, 3 May 2004 18:25:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4]) by wolf.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i441PSTG078799; Tue, 4 May 2004 11:25:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Not Verified[10.0.0.3]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,78) id ; Tue, 04 May 2004 11:25:28 +1000 Received: from [10.0.17.42] (wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com [10.0.17.42]) by wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68953F0F; Tue, 4 May 2004 11:25:25 +1000 (EST) From: Murray Taylor To: Stephen Moriarty In-Reply-To: <243F1870-9D3D-11D8-A28A-0003938AA46E@avid.com> References: <243F1870-9D3D-11D8-A28A-0003938AA46E@avid.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Bytecraft Systems Message-Id: <1083633925.59684.39.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 11:25:25 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsdquestions cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD disconnected on a notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 01:25:47 -0000 I Think that there was something in a SysAdmin mag ( http://www.samag.com/ ) regarding this ... It was based on the availability of / ip number granted / ... from dhclient. After checking that the the appropriate services were started up. I (creak) think it was to do with roaming users in a university environemt... mjt On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 06:04, Stephen Moriarty wrote: > I'm trying to configure FreeBSD on my notebook such that when it's > docked at the office, I'm able to take advantage of networked resources > - NIS, amd, NFS. When I'm away, I want to selectively, and preferably > automatically, take advantage of the more limited network resources, > which usually includes none of the previous examples. Surely, someone > else has already solved this. The only reference I found were relative > to email. > > At this point, my thought is to disable the above network services > until after I've logged in, but this precludes the use of NIS to login. > I would have to always login to a local account. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************