- it controls echoing passwords input on terminal
- it replaces --show-secrets in 'nmcli connection show', which is deprecated now
- it replaces --show-password in 'nmcli device wifi hotspot', which is deprecated now
Synopsis:
nmcli connection clone [--temporary] [id|uuid|path] <ID> <new name>
It copies the <ID> connection as <new name>. The command is very useful
if there is a connection, but another one is needed for a related
configuration. One can copy the existing profile and modify it for the
new situation.
For example:
$ nmcli con clone main-eth second-eth
$ nmcli con modify second-eth connection.interface-name em4
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757627
The list of LLDP neighbors is available through the D-Bus interface
and libnm already provides functions to retrieve it; make the list
available through nmcli as well. Sample output:
$ nmcli device lldp
NEIGHBOR[0].DEVICE: eth0
NEIGHBOR[0].CHASSIS-ID: 00:13:21:58:CA:42
NEIGHBOR[0].PORT-ID: 1
NEIGHBOR[0].PORT-DESCRIPTION: 1
NEIGHBOR[0].SYSTEM-NAME: ProCurve Switch 2600-8-PWR
NEIGHBOR[0].SYSTEM-DESCRIPTION: ProCurve J8762A Switch 2600-8-PWR, revision H.08.89
NEIGHBOR[0].SYSTEM-CAPABILITIES: 20 (mac-bridge,router)
NEIGHBOR[1].DEVICE: eth2
NEIGHBOR[1].CHASSIS-ID: 00:01:30:F8:AD:A2
NEIGHBOR[1].PORT-ID: 1/1
NEIGHBOR[1].PORT-DESCRIPTION: Summit300-48-Port 1001
NEIGHBOR[1].SYSTEM-NAME: Summit300-48
NEIGHBOR[1].SYSTEM-DESCRIPTION: Summit300-48 - Version 7.4e.1 (Build 5)
NEIGHBOR[1].SYSTEM-CAPABILITIES: 20 (mac-bridge,router)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757307
It is useful to show nmcli-generated hotspot password (if a user does not
provide his own password). Without the option the user would have to look into
the generated profile in order to find out the password.
'ssid' can repeat when more SSIDs should be scanned, e.g.
$ nmcli dev wifi rescan ssid "hidden cafe" ssid AP12 ssid "my home Wi-Fi"
Bash completion fixed by thaller@redhat.com
Even Fedora is no longer shipping the WiMAX SDK, so it's likely we'll
eventually accidentally break some of the code in src/devices/wimax/
(if we haven't already). Discussion on the list showed a consensus for
dropping support for WiMAX.
So, remove the SDK checks from configure.ac, remove the WiMAX device
plugin and associated manager support, and deprecate all the APIs.
For compatibility reasons, it is still possible to create and save
WiMAX connections, to toggle the software WiMAX rfkill state, and to
change the "WIMAX" log level, although none of these have any effect,
since no NMDeviceWimax will ever be created.
nmcli was only compiling in support for most WiMAX operations when NM
as a whole was built with WiMAX support, so that code has been removed
now as well. (It is still possible to use nmcli to create and edit
WiMAX connections, but those connections will never be activatable.)
NetworkManager only responds to the last D-Bus call when called delete/down
for the same connection in quick succession. (It should be fixed later).
So do not issue the call multiple times to prevent that. Otherwise nmcli would
stall waiting for the response.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168657
nmcli -c auto -> colors will only be used when stdout is a terminal
nmcli -c yes -> colors will be enabled unconditionally
nmcli -c no -> colors will be disabled unconditionally
The option allows you to specify custom sorting order.
Default order (when no --order is provided) corresponds to -o "active:name:path"
Examples:
nmcli con show -o name
nmcli con show -o +name
- sort connections by name alphabetically
nmcli con show -o -name
- sort connections by name alphabetically in reverse order
mmcli con show -o active:name
- sort connections first by active status, then by name
mmcli con show -o -path
- sort connections by D-Bus path in reverse order
Synopsis:
nmcli agent { secret | polkit | all }
The command runs separate NetworkManager secret agent or session polkit agent, or both.
It is useful when
- no other secret agent is available (such as GUI nm-applet, gnome-shell, KDE applet)
- no other polkit agent is available (such as polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1,
polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 or lxpolkit)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739568
It is useful for running nmcli without --ask option, i.e. non-interactively.
Example contents of the file:
wifi.psk: s e c r e t 12345
802-1x.password:kili manjaro
802-1x.pin:987654321
It can be used to display connection secrets (passwords). When used, it will
get secrets for the connection profile and merge it into the connection's
settings before displaying it.
Example:
nmcli con show -s hotel-wifi
Only default (infrastructure) mode connections can be created and as it's not
possible to write mode=ap connections with ifcfg-rh plugins, they can't be
switched to mode=ap.
This allows setting bridge MAC either on command-line
nmcli con add type bridge con-name mybridge mac 11:22:33:44:55:66
or provide it when asked
nmcli -a con add type bridge con-name mybridge
nmcli con add type team-slave ifname em2 master team-master0
nmcli con add type team-slave ifname em2 master id/team-master0
It helps to disambiguate values for cases where they may overlap,
e.g. "team0" -> "ifname/team0" or "id/team0"
nmcli con add type *-slave ifname em1 master <ifname|UUID|name>
'master' property of 'connection' setting has to be either interface name or
connection UUID of master connection. However, to make nmcli more convenient
for users, we also allow specifying connection name and translating it to UUID
automatically.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057494
