On 15.11.2016 19:21, Thomas Haller wrote: > On Tue, 2016-11-15 at 18:50 +0100, poma wrote: >> On 15.11.2016 16:29, Thomas Haller wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 2016-11-15 at 10:35 +0100, poma wrote: >>>> >>>> The applet offers "Auto Ethernet" despite that this feature is >>>> explicitly disabled in the configuration. >>>> A bug, or a feature? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> These two things are not the same. >> >> Did you mean the correlation in terms of interaction? > > > 1) "default-wired-connection" is in the server, which is related > to the configuration parameter "no-auto-default" in > NetworkManger.conf > 2) the UI field "Auto Ethernet" in nm-applet > > They are not the same thing. > > 2) is not implemented in terms of 1). > 1) is a server-only thing > 2) is a nm-applet thing -- To realize this, nm-applet of course talks > to the server too. But large parts of the logic happen in nm-applet. > > >>> In the server, "auto default connections" are there so that you can >>> boot a machine without any connections and NetworkManager will >>> create a >>> (default) connection automatically. >>> "no-auto-default" in NetworkManager.conf disables this. >> >> What exactly does mean -server- in "In the server"? > > NetworkManager is a server/daemon to configure networking. > "in the server" means something that happens in the NetworkManager > process. > Sometimes things happen in the server as result of command from a > client via D-Bus. > Not in case of 1). No client interaction is involved there. > > > >>> The "Auto Ethernet" in nm-applet, creates a new connection from >>> client >>> side, and activates it. >> >> Did you mean, NetworkManager via the applet offers "Ad hoc" Ethernet >> connection, and user can eventually consume it? > > Clicking 2), cause > - nm-applet to constuct a new connection (client-side) > - send the new connection via D-Bus to NetworkManager (server-side) > - server stores the new connection > - server activates the new connection. > > > does that make any sense? > Thomas > > >
Indeed, to articulate in a meaningful way through the technical language is not a trivial task, especially when it is not a subset of native language. There is at least one case where this kind of connection should not be offered - existing bridged connection. _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
