Hi, On Wed, 2021-12-29 at 14:20 +0100, Jonas Bygdén via networkmanager-list wrote: > Today we configure our Linux clients to use wired 802.1x on the on- > board ethernet interface in the laptops they get.
If I understand you correctly, you pre-configure machines for others (like students or employees). > > Some users choose to connect their laptop to a monitor using USB-C, > and then using the ethernet interface that's built-in to the monitor. > This changes the interface/connection and hence it doesn't have the > pre-configured 802.1x, requiring a new configuration of 802.1x for > that interface as well. > > So, my question is: Is it possible to configure 802.1x for all > connections at once, globally "system wide", instead of on a "per > connection" basis? Making the 802.1x configuration work regardless of > which interface/connection is used to connect to the (wired) network? What would mean "globally system-wide"? You need configuration for configuring a network interface. That configuration is the connection profile. And since there are profiles, there is no need to have a concept for "global system-wide" configuration. Just create/predeploy such a profile yourself. a connection profile "matches" on a device based on certain properties. For example, if you have an ethernet profile that does not specify "connection.interface-name", then it would apply to any ethernet device (unless it's restricted via some other property, like "ethernet.mac- address", "match.*"). It would sound, that you want that your profile is applicable to any device. Usually, a profile can only be activated once at any given moment. You could instead configure "connection.multi-connect=multiple", to activate on multiple devices at the same time. However, that might not make sense for your usecase and is probably not a good idea (because it's confusing). best, Thomas _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
