[X-Unix] Networking when booting OS X in text mode

[Dan Frakes]

"William H. Magill" <magill at mcgillsociety.org> wrote:
> The answer is actually "simple."
>
> There are some configurations which are "system wide" and some which
> are dependent upon the individual user.
>
> Each user can configure their own "location" profile, which includes
> which network interfaces are being used, and how.

As a side note, this isn't accurate. Network Locations are not
user-specific. Network preferences -- including Locations -- are system-wide
settings.