On Sun, 2016-09-11 at 15:45 +0300, Edward Haas wrote: > Hello, > > Assuming there are multiple connection defined for an ethernet device > and only a single one is active, how can I detect which ifcfg file > was used for the connection? > > I cannot use nmcli for this, as NetworkManager is down at the moment > I need the information. > I just hope this info is available somewhere (as when starting NM, > the correct connection is activated). > > Thanks, > Edy.
Hi, If NetworkManager is not running, there isn't a concept of "active connection". What would that be? When NM starts and the device has IP configuration, NM will pick a connection that matches to what is currently configured on the interface. In my opinion, that is a wrong thing, but that is what currently happens. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746440 is supposed to improve on that, and it also will write a state-file that contains which connection was active on a device when NetworkManager stopped. When the device has no IP configuration at startup, NetworkManager will autoconnect one of the available connections. Thereby it takes into account connection.autoconnect-priority and connection.timestamp. Maybe it would be helpful to explain what you are trying to do as an end-goal. If NetworkManager is not running, why would you want to know which connection was active when it stopped? Thomas
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