On 14.05.2022 00:23, Adrian Freihofer via networkmanager-list wrote: > Hi > > Is it somehow possible to disable an interface via NetworkManager? > > I am thinking of something like: > > nmcli connection modify con-eth0 802-3-ethernet.phy disabled > nmcli connection up con-eth0 > > which would basically have the same effect as: > > ip link set eth0 down > > > nmcli connection modify con-eth0 802-3-ethernet.phy enabled > nmcli connection up con-eth0 > > which would basically have the same effect as: > > ip link set eth0 up > > > The background is a security requirement. Unused interfaces must > ideally remain disabled at the physical layer when a cable is plugged > in. Ideally, the LEDs would also remain dark. >
It sounds like no-auto-default=* mostly does what you want. > If this function does not exist yet, would it be interesting for > NetworkManager? > Could the functionality be implemented with reasonable effort or would > it be difficult to implement? > > Thank you and regards, > Adrian > _______________________________________________ > networkmanager-list mailing list > networkmanager-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
