How To Start / Stop / Restart Network Service in OpenSUSE Linux

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How to Start / Stop / Restart Network Service in OpenSUSE Linux

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1. How to Start Network Service in OpenSUSE Linux

If you want to start your network service in OpenSUSE Linux then you need to use service network start command as shown below. Alternatively you can also use systemctl start network command to start network service.

NOTE:

Please note that here I am using root user to run all the below commands. You can use any user with sudo access to run all these commands. For more information Please check Step by Step: How to Add User to Sudoers to provide sudo access to the User.

2. How to Stop Network Service in OpenSUSE Linux

If you want to stop network service then you need to use service network stop command as shown below. Alternatively you can also use systemctl stop network command to stop network service.

3. How to Check Status of Network Service in OpenSUSE Linux

If you want to check the status of Network Service then you need to use service network status command as shown below.

Alternatively you can also use systemctl network status command to check the status of network service.

localhost:~ # systemctl status network
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d
└─NetworkManager-ovs.conf
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-12-17 22:34:34 IST; 46s ago
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 2875 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 3
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
└─2875 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.0954] device (eth0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-stat>
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.1230] device (eth0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-st>
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.1234] device (eth0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-s>
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.1241] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.1258] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.1259] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: nisdomainname: you must be root to change the domain name
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.4903] device (eth0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.4912] manager: startup complete
Dec 17 22:34:35 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608224675.6314] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL

4. How to Restart Network Service in OpenSUSE Linux

If you want to restart your network service then you need to use service network restart command as shown below. Alternatively you can also use systemctl restart network command to restart network service.

5. How to Check Network Manager Status in OpenSUSE Linux

If you want to check Network Manager status then you need to use service NetworkManager Status command as shown below.

Alternatively you can also use systemctl NetworkManager status command to check the status of network manager service.

localhost:~ # systemctl status NetworkManager
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d
└─NetworkManager-ovs.conf
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-12-17 22:34:34 IST; 11h ago
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 2875 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 3
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
└─2875 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.5114] device (eth0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-stat>
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.5332] device (eth0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-st>
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.5340] device (eth0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-s>
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.5350] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.5369] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.5372] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: nisdomainname: you must be root to change the domain name
Dec 18 08:39:33 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260973.9143] device (eth0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Dec 18 08:39:34 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608260974.2572] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Dec 18 09:48:47 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[2875]: <info> [1608265127.4577] agent-manager: agent[ba8bd6ffe4b7ff54,:1.26/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/1000]: a>

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