The applet offers "Auto Ethernet" despite that this feature is explicitly disabled in the configuration. A bug, or a feature? $ nmcli connection NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE $ nmcli device DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION enp2s5 ethernet disconnected -- lo loopback unmanaged -- $ grep -A3 \\[m /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf [main] plugins=keyfile no-auto-default=* $ man 5 NetworkManager.conf ... MAIN SECTION ... no-auto-default Specify devices for which NetworkManager shouldn't create default wired connection (Auto eth0). By default, NetworkManager creates a temporary wired connection for any Ethernet device that is managed and doesn't have a connection configured. List a device in this option to inhibit creating the default connection for the device. May have the special value * to apply to all devices. ... Example: ... no-auto-default=* = SW NetworkManager-1.5.1-20161104git9e4232d network-manager-applet-1.4.3-20161025gitefdc0aa
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