Network settings in Desktop & Server version

[Roy M.]

hello,

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Oliver Grawert<ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>
> run gconf-editor and have a look in the /system/networking/ tree ...
>
> NM front and backend do communication through hal and dbus, if you want
> to adjust settings finding the proper dbus messages and send modified
> ones to the backend might be an idea in case you want to script
> stuff ... (dbus-monitor and the d-feet dbus debugger might come in handy
> to monitor whats going across the bus from NM)
>

I realize this task is not easy... so it is common for ubuntu desktop
users to leave /etc/network/interface un-touched?