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-NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and
-straightforward. Whether WiFi, wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows
-you to quickly move from one network to another.
-
-It has two components:
-
-1. a system level service which manages connections and reports network changes
-2. a graphical desktop applet which allows the user to manipulate network
-   connections. The nmcli tool provides similar functionality on the command
-   line.
-
-
-system connections and security
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-In NetworkManager version 0.9, network connections are stored as keyfiles in
-the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ directory.
-When creating new wireless or wired connections, they are by default
-system-owned (i.e. available to everyone) and the secrets (e.g WPA-PSK or WEP
-key) are stored as plain text in the corresponding connection configuration
-file. The advantage of system connections is, that they can be active before a
-user has logged in and they are active across user sessions.
-Modifying or creating such system-owned connections requires admin privileges.
-To avoid prompts for the root/admin password, NetworkManager ships a PolicyKit
-configuration file which grants everyone in group "netdev" or "sudo" the
-privilege to modify a system connection without prior authentication. Adding a
-user to group sudo grants him root-like privileges though. If that is not
-wanted, you can choose to add him to group netdev instead.
-If the user should not have the privilege to add and modify system connections
-don't add him to either groups.
-In that case, the user clients (like nm-applet) will default to creating
-user-owned connections where the secrets are stored in the user keyring.
-VPN and 3G type connections are by default also user-owned.
-
-For more information see NetworkManager.conf(5) or
-http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings
-
-The keyfile specification is available at
-https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/0.9/ref-settings.html
-
-unmanaged devices and /etc/network/interfaces
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Network devices which are configured in /etc/network/interfaces will typically
-be managed by ifupdown. NetworkManager respects such a configuration and will
-ignore those devices and mark them as "unmanaged".
-
-If you want to have a network interface managed by NetworkManager it is thus
-recommended to manually remove any configuration for that interface from
-/etc/network/interfaces. You need to restart NetworkManager afterwards via
-"service network-manager restart".
-