Re: Can I manually edit /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*

[Ravi Parimi <rparimi gmail com>]

Thomas/Justin,

Thanks for your answers. I will explore nm-tui.

Regards,
ravi


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Thomas Haller <thaller redhat com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 21:02 -0500, Justin Brown wrote:
> > There's no problem with editing those files, but they need to be owned
> > root:root and 600 permissions.
> >
> >
> > Use `nmcli con reload` to load the files after you create/modify them.
> > Then, nmcli con <con_name> up to activate. This was a recent change to
> > NM to not autoload modifications.
> >
> >
> > You could look at using nmcli to create the connections, but it's
> > basically no different than writing the keyfiles yourself. There is an
> > integrated editor to nmcli and a separate curses application, nmtui,
> > if you want something more interactive for your users.
>
>
> I think nmcli/nmtui is great for CLI (at least with NM version >=
> 0.9.9).
>
> And for CLI/scripting I also would strongly prefer nmcli over editing
> configuration by hand/script.
>
> YMMV
>
>
> Thomas
>
> > Dan's blog
> > post, http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2014/06/20/well-build-a-dream-house-of-net/, covers some of these 
> > features.
> >
> >
> > /Justin
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Ravi Parimi <rparimi gmail com>
> > wrote:
> >         Forgive me if this is a FAQ or has already been answered
> >         elsewhere. I
> >         read through a few man pages and searched the archives but
> >         didn't find
> >         anything related to my question.
> >
> >         I'm trying to provide a text-based user interface to a linux
> >         system
> >         wherein a user will enter IP address settings that need to be
> >         configured on the host. I later convert this data into
> >         NetworkManager-friendly format and write it directly to
> >         /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eth0.
> >
> >         For e.g I convert the user-input data for static IP settings
> >         into:
> >
> >         [ipv4]
> >         method=manual
> >         addresses1=10.10.24.16/16,10.10.0.1
> >         dns=10.12.0.254
> >
> >         On my jessie/sid debian, these settings take effect soon after
> >         I write
> >         the file. However, the same procedure doesn't work on Ubuntu
> >         14.04.1.
> >         Is there an additional step (such as send SIGHUP to
> >         network-manager
> >         etc.) that is needed for NM to apply the settings?
> >
> >         Is this method of directly editing the file under
> >         system-connections
> >         recommended/correct? If not, what is the best way of applying
> >         changes
> >         via the CLI?
> >
> >         Thanks!
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