On Sat, 2017-01-28 at 17:29 +0100, Marcin Zajączkowski wrote:
Hi, I would like to disable autoconnect for new wifi connections by default. I prefer to control when my device is connected to public/shared wifi which identity cannot be determined ultimately (aka fake networks with well known ssid). I know I can do it manually via UI or nmcli, but I would prefer to configure it once (in the way as cloned-mac-address in global configuration) and only enable autoconnect for well know (and properly configured - with certificates) networks. Two questions: 1. Is it currently possible? 'device' section doesn't seem to accept that property.
It's not possible, only the properties mentioned in `man NetworkManager.conf` support to have their default values overwritten. Note that these default-values are only a fallback setting. That is, the connection is still fully determined by the client (nmcli). But it may explicitly configure certain properties as ~unspecified~ to allow for a fallback. In case of connection.autoconnect, it only allows for "yes" or "no". There is no space to express ~unspecified~.
2. How can I read/list default configuration for new wifi connections (e.g. wifi.cloned-mac-address - nmcli allows that only for existing connections, not devices)?
nmcli still shows you the value ~unspecified~, and that correct. The value is only determined when needed -- which for example depends on the device on which you activate the connection. It's not possible to see via D-Bus (clients) which value the server would use when needed. Try: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --print-config Thomas
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