Handle connection profiles in a single 'show' command instead of 'show active'
and 'show configured'.
nmcli con show [--active] [[id|uuid|path|apath] <bla>]
nmcli con show : display all connection profiles
nmcli con show --active : only display active connection profiles
(filters out inactive profiles)
nmcli con show myeth : display details of "myeth" profile, and also active
connection info (if the profile is active)
nmcli -f profile con show myeth : only display "myeth"'s static configuration
nmcli -f active con show myeth : only display active details of "myeth"
nmcli -f connection.id,ipv4,general con show myeth
: display "connection.id"a property
"ipv4" setting and "GENERAL" group
of active data
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=997999
Make clear, that only full names are guaranteed to work in future
versions. The use of some abbreviations might break as new options
get added.
It would be rather complicated, to ensure, that abbreviations always
continue to work, at the additional disadvantage, that they no longer
uniquely identify an option. Instead, clearly state that using
them is not guaranteed to work in the future. Users that care about
long term compatibility should instead spell out the full names.
Abbreviations are mainly here for interactive use.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
Add a "monitor-connection-files" config option, which can be set to
"false" to disable automatic reloading of connections on file change.
To go with this, add a new ReloadConnections method on
o.fd.NM.Settings that can be used to manually reload connections, and
add an nm-cli command to call it.
Optional 'ifname' allowed creating connection applicable to all interfaces,
which was confusing for some users. Now we require the user to provide ifname
to lock the connection for an interface. An "unbound" connection can be
created with ifname "*".
$ nmcli connection add type eth ifname eth0
$ nmcli connection add type eth
now becomes
$ nmcli connection add type eth ifname "*"
bond, bridge:
- when ifname is not specified or is "*",
interface name is generated (nm-bond, nm-bridge)
vlan:
- when ifname is not specified or is "*",
vlan device is named "dev.id"
Note: the quotes around * are required to suppress shell expansion.
This is similar to clicking a Wi-Fi network's SSID in a GUI applet.
The command does this:
- creates new connection (fills the user data specified via options, the
connection is then completed with default parameters by NM)
- and then activates the connection on a Wi-Fi device.
WPA-Enterprise is not supported as it requires a plethora of parameters and
they can't be obtained automatically.
Also, the created connection uses 'auto' IP method, which means that if the
Wi-Fi network doesn't support DHCP, the connection will albeit be created,
however the activation will fail (IP configuration won't be available).
nm_access_point_get_hw_address() is deprecated in 0.9.
Also change 'hwaddr' parameter for 'nmcli dev wifi list' to 'bssid'. 'hwaddr'
still works but is deprecated and not documented any more.
