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authorMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2020-04-11 21:28:04 +0200
committerMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2020-04-11 21:28:04 +0200
commit1e5977b62f896e844b548c3007ace9e1dfa7f9ed (patch)
tree7a7416ed410e72b6200f3d860fd315ec11cc106b /man/nm-settings-keyfile.5
parentb012fa6e1d808e0736c009799c62d835cbfcc1dd (diff)
New upstream version 1.23.90 upstream/1.23.90
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diff --git a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.5 b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.5
index befa00a7..b7778f7d 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.5
+++ b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.5
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: nm-settings-keyfile
 .\"    Author: 
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 03/12/2020
+.\"      Date: 04/10/2020
 .\"    Manual: Configuration
-.\"    Source: NetworkManager 1.22.10
+.\"    Source: NetworkManager 1.23.90
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "NM\-SETTINGS\-KEYFILE" "5" "" "NetworkManager 1\&.22\&.10" "Configuration"
+.TH "NM\-SETTINGS\-KEYFILE" "5" "" "NetworkManager 1\&.23\&.90" "Configuration"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Define some portability stuff
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ for details)\&. The profiles can be stored in various formats\&. NetworkManager
 .PP
 The
 \fIkeyfile\fR
-plugin is the generic plugin that supports all the connection types and capabilities that NetworkManager has\&. It writes files out in a \&.ini\-style format in
-/etc/NetworkManager/system\-connections/\&. This plugin is always enabled and will automatically be used to store any connections that are not supported by any other active plugin\&. For security, it will ignore files that are readable or writable by any user or group other than \*(Aqroot\*(Aq since private keys and passphrases may be stored in plaintext inside the file\&.
+plugin is the generic plugin that supports all the connection types and capabilities that NetworkManager has\&. The files are in a \&.ini\-style format and located in
+/etc/NetworkManager/system\-connections/,
+/usr/lib/NetworkManager/system\-connections/
+and
+/run/NetworkManager/system\-connections/\&. This plugin is always enabled and will automatically be used to store any connections that are not supported by any other active plugin\&. For security, it will ignore files that are readable or writable by any user other than \*(Aqroot\*(Aq since private keys and passphrases may be stored in plaintext inside the file\&.
 .SH "FILE FORMAT"
 .PP
 The
@@ -54,11 +57,7 @@ etc\&.)\&.
 .PP
 Users can create or modify the
 \fIkeyfile\fR
-connection files manually, even if that is not the recommended way of managing the profiles\&. However, if they choose to do that, they must inform NetworkManager about their changes (see
-\fImonitor\-connection\-file\fR
-in
-\fBnm-settings\fR(5)
-and
+connection files manually, even if that is not the recommended way of managing the profiles\&. However, if they choose to do that, they must inform NetworkManager about their changes (for example via
 \fInmcli con (re)load\fR)\&.
 .PP
 \fBExamples of keyfile configuration\fR.