On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 11:37 -0500, Ray Strode wrote: > Hi Nils, > > import dbus > > > > service = 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' > > object_path = "/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/DhcpOptions" > > interface = "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.DhcpOptions" > > > > bus = dbus.Bus (dbus.Bus.TYPE_SYSTEM) > > NWM_service = bus.get_service (service) > > dhcpOptions = NWM_service.get_object (object_path, interface) > > --- >8 --- > > > > but the resulting dhcpOptions options doesn't have many methods to begin > > with: > > > > dhcpOptions: ['__doc__', '__getattr__', '__init__', '__module__', > > '_interface', '_object_path', '_service', 'connect_to_signal'] > The python bindings to dbus don't know about methods ahead of time. You > just have to call them and see what happens. > e.g., > type = dhcpOptions.getType("NTP Servers") Hmm, how can I find out what methods a remote object implements -- dir() obviously doesn't tell me there is getType(), but it worked kind of: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./NetworkManagerTinkerer.py", line 18, in ? print dhcpOptions.getType ('NTP Servers') File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/dbus.py", line 208, in __call__ reply_message = self._connection.send_with_reply_and_block(message, 5000) File "dbus_bindings.pyx", line 557, in dbus_bindings.Connection.send_with_reply_and_block dbus_bindings.DBusException: The requested DHCP option does not exist. Thanks, Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Red Hat / nphilipp@xxxxxxxxxx "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759 PGP fingerprint: C4A8 9474 5C4C ADE3 2B8F 656D 47D8 9B65 6951 3011