From 90e8691111889a7b5f3c812f5a41f15a8a058913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Biebl ignore-carrier).
Otherwise, it is a list of matches to specify for which device
carrier should be ignored. See the section called “Device List Format” for the
- syntax how to specify a device.
+ syntax how to specify a device. Note that master types like
+ bond, bridge, and team ignore carrier by default. You can however
+ revert that default using the "except:" specifier (or better,
+ use the per-device setting instead of the deprecated setting).
connection.autoconnect-retries property
- set to -1. If not specified, connections will be retried 4
- times.
+ set to -1. If not specified, connections will be tried 4
+ times. Setting this value to 1 means to try activation once,
+ without retry.
connection.auth-retries
If left unspecified, the default value is 3 tries before failing the connection. +
connection.autoconnect-slaves
ipv4.route-table
If left unspecified, routes are only added to the main table. Note that this + is different from explicitly selecting the main table 254, because of how NetworkManager + removes extraneous routes from the tables. +
ipv6.dhcp-timeout
If left unspecified, the default value for + the interface type is used.
ipv6.ip6-privacy
If ipv6.ip6-privacy is unset, use the content of
"/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/use_tempaddr" as last fallback.
@@ -658,6 +679,13 @@ ipv6.ip6-privacy=0
ipv6.route-table
If left unspecified, routes are only added to the main table. Note that this + is different from explicitly selecting the main table 254, because of how NetworkManager + removes extraneous routes from the tables. +
vpn.timeout
If left unspecified, default value of 60 seconds is used.
If left unspecified, the default value
"ignore" will be used.
wifi-sec.pmf
If left unspecified, the default value
+ "optional" will be used.
@@ -781,7 +814,7 @@ ipv6.ip6-privacy=1
[device] match-device=interface-name:eth3 -unmanaged=1 +managed=1
@@ -797,6 +830,17 @@ unmanaged=1
+ Whether the device is managed or not. A device can be + marked as managed via udev rules (ENV{NM_UNMANAGED}), + or via setting plugins (keyfile.unmanaged-devices). + This is yet another way. Note that this configuration + can be overruled at runtime via D-Bus. Also, it has + higher priority then udev rules. +
@@ -822,6 +866,10 @@ unmanaged=1 interfaces will still reflect the actual device state; it's just that NetworkManager will not make use of that information.
++ Master types like bond, bridge and team ignore carrier by default, + while other device types react on carrier changes by default. +
This setting overwrites the deprecated main.ignore-carrier
setting above.
@@ -1112,10 +1160,12 @@ enable=nm-version-min:1.3,nm-version-min:1.2.6,nm-version-min:1.0.16
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections.
- The stored connection file may contain passwords and - private keys, so it will be made readable only to root, - and the plugin will ignore files that are readable or - writable by any user or group other than root. + The stored connection file may contain passwords, secrets and + private keys in plain text, so it will be made readable only to + root, and the plugin will ignore files that are readable or + writable by any user or group other than root. See "Secret flag types" + in nm-settings(5) + for how to avoid storing passwords in plain text.
This plugin is always active, and will automatically be -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5