Re: NetworkManager behavior answers not found in docs

[Thomas HUMMEL <thomas hummel pasteur fr>]

On 10/24/2018 06:22 PM, Thomas Haller wrote:

> Let's call this "externally managed". Not sure that's helpful, but in
> NetworkManager source code it's called like that.
>
> In nmcli output, you cannot really distinguish a regular activated
> profile from such an externally managed one. Except, that in the latter
> case the profiles was autocreated and its name is the device name
> (eth1).

Understood.

Now if I edit this connection matching an externally managed device (for 
instance using nmcli connection edit), would that turn it into a 
normally managed one ?

Thanks

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Thomas Hummel