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man: document /var/run/NetworkManager/conf.d directory

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Thomas Haller
2016-10-23 13:31:42 +02:00
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>,
<filename>/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</filename>,
<filename>/var/run/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</filename>,
<filename>/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</filename>,
<filename>/var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager-intern.conf</filename>
</para>
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These will be read in order, with later files overriding earlier ones.
Packages might install further configuration snippets to <literal>/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d</literal>.
This directory is parsed first, even before <literal>NetworkManager.conf</literal>.
The loading of a file <literal>/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</literal>
Scripts can also put per-boot configuration into <literal>/var/run/NetworkManager/conf.d</literal>.
This directory is parsed second, also before <literal>NetworkManager.conf</literal>.
The loading of a file <literal>/var/run/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</literal>
can be prevented by adding a file <literal>/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</literal>.
In this case, the file from the etc configuration shadows the file from the
system configuration directory.
Likewise, a file <literal>/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/<replaceable>name</replaceable>.conf</literal>
can be shadowed by putting a file of the same name to either <literal>/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d</literal>
or <literal>/var/run/NetworkManager/conf.d</literal>.
</para>
<para>
NetworkManager can overwrite certain user configuration options via D-Bus or other internal