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diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.8 b/man/NetworkManager.8 index 48d2a8c5..f4ba4fef 100644 --- a/man/NetworkManager.8 +++ b/man/NetworkManager.8 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: NetworkManager .\" Author: .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 05/11/2016 +.\" Date: 08/03/2016 .\" Manual: Network management daemons -.\" Source: NetworkManager 1.2.2 +.\" Source: NetworkManager 1.2.4 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "NETWORKMANAGER" "8" "" "NetworkManager 1\&.2\&.2" "Network management daemons" +.TH "NETWORKMANAGER" "8" "" "NetworkManager 1\&.2\&.4" "Network management daemons" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -274,18 +274,20 @@ NetworkManager process handles the following signals: .PP \fISIGHUP\fR .RS 4 -The signal causes a reload of NetworkManager\*(Aqs configuration\&. Note that not all configuration parameters can be changed at runtime and therefore some changes may be applied only after the next restart of the daemon\&. The signal also forces a rewrite of DNS configuration\&. +The signal causes a reload of NetworkManager\*(Aqs configuration\&. Note that not all configuration parameters can be changed at runtime and therefore some changes may be applied only after the next restart of the daemon\&. A SIGHUP also involves further reloading actions, like doing a DNS update and restarting the DNS plugin\&. The latter can be useful for example when using the dnsmasq plugin and changing its configuration in /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq\&.d\&. However, it also means this will shortly interrupt name resolution\&. In the future, there may be further actions added\&. A SIGHUP means to update NetworkManager configuration and reload everything that is supported\&. Note that this does not reload connections from disk\&. For that there is a D\-Bus API and nmcli\*(Aqs reload action .RE .PP \fISIGUSR1\fR .RS 4 -The signal forces a rewrite of DNS configuration\&. +The signal forces a rewrite of DNS configuration\&. Contrary to SIGHUP, this does not restart the DNS plugin and will not interrupt name resolution\&. In the future, further actions may be added\&. A SIGUSR1 means to write out data like resolv\&.conf, or refresh a cache\&. It is a subset of what is done for SIGHUP without reloading configuration from disk\&. .RE .PP \fISIGUSR2\fR .RS 4 -The signal has no effect at the moment\&. +The signal has no effect at the moment but is reserved for future use\&. .RE +.PP +An alternative to a signal to reload configuration is the Reload D\-Bus call\&. It allows for more fine\-grained selection of what to reload, it only returns after the reload is complete, and it is guarded by PolicyKit\&. .SH "DEBUGGING" .PP The following environment variables are supported to help debugging\&. When used in conjunction with the |