Re: NetworkManager behavior answers not found in docs

[Thomas HUMMEL <thomas hummel pasteur fr>]

On 10/25/2018 03:47 PM, Thomas Haller wrote:
> For example,
>
>     nmcli connection up "$PROFILE" ifname "$DEVICE"
>     nmcli connection modify "$PROFILE" +ipv4.addresses 192.168.77.5/24
>     nmcli device reapply "$DEVICE"
>
> is basically the same as:
>
>     nmcli connection up "$PROFILE" ifname "$DEVICE"
>     nmcli connection
> modify "$PROFILE" +ipv4.addresses 192.168.77.5/24
>     nmcli device modify
> "$DEVICE" +ipv4.addresses 192.168.77.5/24

Got it. I guess that's what you meant by your cloned/invisible 
live-in-ram active profile previously.
My understanding now is that device modify just modify an internal copy 
of the profile and then automatically calls apply on it, correct ?

Thanks

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Thomas