NMSettingConnection

NMSettingConnection — Describes general connection properties

Functions

NMSetting * nm_setting_connection_new ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_id ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_uuid ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_stable_id ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect ()
int nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_priority ()
int nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_retries ()
NMConnectionMultiConnect nm_setting_connection_get_multi_connect ()
guint64 nm_setting_connection_get_timestamp ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_get_read_only ()
guint32 nm_setting_connection_get_num_permissions ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_get_permission ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_zone ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_permissions_user_allowed ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_add_permission ()
void nm_setting_connection_remove_permission ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_remove_permission_by_value ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_master ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_is_slave_type ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_slave_type ()
NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_slaves ()
guint32 nm_setting_connection_get_num_secondaries ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_secondary ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_add_secondary ()
void nm_setting_connection_remove_secondary ()
gboolean nm_setting_connection_remove_secondary_by_value ()
guint32 nm_setting_connection_get_gateway_ping_timeout ()
NMMetered nm_setting_connection_get_metered ()
NMSettingConnectionLldp nm_setting_connection_get_lldp ()
int nm_setting_connection_get_auth_retries ()
NMSettingConnectionMdns nm_setting_connection_get_mdns ()
NMSettingConnectionLlmnr nm_setting_connection_get_llmnr ()
gint32 nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout ()
const char * nm_setting_connection_get_mud_url ()

Properties

int auth-retries Read / Write
gboolean autoconnect Read / Write
int autoconnect-priority Read / Write
int autoconnect-retries Read / Write
NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves autoconnect-slaves Read / Write
guint gateway-ping-timeout Read / Write
char * id Read / Write
char * interface-name Read / Write
int lldp Read / Write
int llmnr Read / Write
char * master Read / Write
int mdns Read / Write
NMMetered metered Read / Write
char * mud-url Read / Write
int multi-connect Read / Write
GStrv permissions Read / Write
gboolean read-only Read / Write
GStrv secondaries Read / Write
char * slave-type Read / Write
char * stable-id Read / Write
guint64 timestamp Read / Write
char * type Read / Write
char * uuid Read / Write
int wait-device-timeout Read / Write
char * zone Read / Write

Object Hierarchy

    GEnum
    ├── NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves
    ├── NMSettingConnectionLldp
    ├── NMSettingConnectionLlmnr
    ╰── NMSettingConnectionMdns
    GObject
    ╰── NMSetting
        ╰── NMSettingConnection

Description

The NMSettingConnection object is a NMSetting subclass that describes properties that apply to all NMConnection objects, regardless of what type of network connection they describe. Each NMConnection object must contain a NMSettingConnection setting.

Functions

nm_setting_connection_new ()

NMSetting *
nm_setting_connection_new (void);

Creates a new NMSettingConnection object with default values.

Returns

the new empty NMSettingConnection object


nm_setting_connection_get_id ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_id (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “id” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection ID


nm_setting_connection_get_uuid ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_uuid (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “uuid” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection UUID


nm_setting_connection_get_stable_id ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_stable_id (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “stable_id” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the stable-id for the connection

Since: 1.4


nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_interface_name
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “interface-name” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection's interface name


nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “type” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection type


nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “autoconnect” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection's autoconnect behavior


nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_priority ()

int
nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_priority
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “autoconnect-priority” property of the connection. The higher number, the higher priority.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection's autoconnect priority


nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_retries ()

int
nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_retries
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “autoconnect-retries” property of the connection. Zero means infinite, -1 means the global default value.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection's autoconnect retries

Since: 1.6


nm_setting_connection_get_multi_connect ()

NMConnectionMultiConnect
nm_setting_connection_get_multi_connect
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the “multi-connect” property of the connection.

Since: 1.14


nm_setting_connection_get_timestamp ()

guint64
nm_setting_connection_get_timestamp (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “timestamp” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the connection's timestamp


nm_setting_connection_get_read_only ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_get_read_only (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “read-only” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

TRUE if the connection is read-only, FALSE if it is not


nm_setting_connection_get_num_permissions ()

guint32
nm_setting_connection_get_num_permissions
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the number of entries in the “permissions” property of this setting.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the number of permissions entries


nm_setting_connection_get_permission ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_get_permission (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                      guint32 idx,
                                      const char **out_ptype,
                                      const char **out_pitem,
                                      const char **out_detail);

Retrieve one of the entries of the “permissions” property of this setting.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

idx

the zero-based index of the permissions entry

 

out_ptype

on return, the permission type. This is currently always "user", unless the entry is invalid, in which case it returns "invalid".

 

out_pitem

on return, the permission item (formatted according to ptype , see “permissions” for more detail

 

out_detail

on return, the permission detail (at this time, always NULL)

 

Returns

TRUE if a permission was returned, FALSE if idx was invalid


nm_setting_connection_get_zone ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_zone (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “zone” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the trust level of a connection


nm_setting_connection_permissions_user_allowed ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_permissions_user_allowed
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                const char *uname);

Checks whether the given username is allowed to view/access this connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

uname

the user name to check permissions for

 

Returns

TRUE if the requested user is allowed to view this connection, FALSE if the given user is not allowed to view this connection


nm_setting_connection_add_permission ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_add_permission (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                      const char *ptype,
                                      const char *pitem,
                                      const char *detail);

Adds a permission to the connection's permission list. At this time, only the "user" permission type is supported, and pitem must be a username. See “permissions”: for more details.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

ptype

the permission type; at this time only "user" is supported

 

pitem

the permission item formatted as required for ptype

 

detail

unused at this time; must be NULL.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if the permission was unique and was successfully added to the list, FALSE if ptype or pitem was invalid. If the permission was already present in the list, it will not be added a second time but TRUE will be returned. Note that before 1.28, in this case FALSE would be returned.


nm_setting_connection_remove_permission ()

void
nm_setting_connection_remove_permission
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                guint32 idx);

Removes the permission at index idx from the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

idx

the zero-based index of the permission to remove

 

nm_setting_connection_remove_permission_by_value ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_remove_permission_by_value
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                const char *ptype,
                                const char *pitem,
                                const char *detail);

Removes the permission from the connection. At this time, only the "user" permission type is supported, and pitem must be a username. See “permissions”: for more details.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

ptype

the permission type; at this time only "user" is supported

 

pitem

the permission item formatted as required for ptype

 

detail

unused at this time; must be NULL.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if the permission was found and removed; FALSE if it was not.


nm_setting_connection_get_master ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_master (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “master” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

interface name of the master device or UUID of the master connection.


nm_setting_connection_is_slave_type ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_is_slave_type (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                     const char *type);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

type

the setting name (ie NM_SETTING_BOND_SETTING_NAME) to be matched against setting 's slave type

 

Returns

TRUE if connection is of the given slave type


nm_setting_connection_get_slave_type ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_slave_type (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “slave-type” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the type of slave this connection is, if any


nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_slaves ()

NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves
nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_slaves
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “autoconnect-slaves” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

whether slaves of the connection should be activated together with the connection.

Since: 1.2


nm_setting_connection_get_num_secondaries ()

guint32
nm_setting_connection_get_num_secondaries
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the number of configured secondary connection UUIDs


nm_setting_connection_get_secondary ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_secondary (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                     guint32 idx);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

idx

the zero-based index of the secondary connection UUID entry

 

Returns

the secondary connection UUID at index idx


nm_setting_connection_add_secondary ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_add_secondary (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                     const char *sec_uuid);

Adds a new secondary connection UUID to the setting.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

sec_uuid

the secondary connection UUID to add

 

Returns

TRUE if the secondary connection UUID was added; FALSE if the UUID was already present


nm_setting_connection_remove_secondary ()

void
nm_setting_connection_remove_secondary
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                guint32 idx);

Removes the secondary connection UUID at index idx .

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

idx

index number of the secondary connection UUID

 

nm_setting_connection_remove_secondary_by_value ()

gboolean
nm_setting_connection_remove_secondary_by_value
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting,
                                const char *sec_uuid);

Removes the secondary connection UUID sec_uuid .

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

sec_uuid

the secondary connection UUID to remove

 

Returns

TRUE if the secondary connection UUID was found and removed; FALSE if it was not.


nm_setting_connection_get_gateway_ping_timeout ()

guint32
nm_setting_connection_get_gateway_ping_timeout
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the value contained in the “gateway-ping-timeout” property.


nm_setting_connection_get_metered ()

NMMetered
nm_setting_connection_get_metered (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the “metered” property of the setting.

Since: 1.2


nm_setting_connection_get_lldp ()

NMSettingConnectionLldp
nm_setting_connection_get_lldp (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the “lldp” property of the connection.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

a NMSettingConnectionLldp which indicates whether LLDP must be enabled for the connection.

Since: 1.2


nm_setting_connection_get_auth_retries ()

int
nm_setting_connection_get_auth_retries
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the value contained in the “auth-retries” property.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the configured authentication retries. Zero means infinity and -1 means a global default value.

Since: 1.10


nm_setting_connection_get_mdns ()

NMSettingConnectionMdns
nm_setting_connection_get_mdns (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the “mdns” property of the setting.

Since: 1.12


nm_setting_connection_get_llmnr ()

NMSettingConnectionLlmnr
nm_setting_connection_get_llmnr (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the “llmnr” property of the setting.

Since: 1.14


nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout ()

gint32
nm_setting_connection_get_wait_device_timeout
                               (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Returns

the NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT property with the timeout in milliseconds. -1 is the default.

Since: 1.20


nm_setting_connection_get_mud_url ()

const char *
nm_setting_connection_get_mud_url (NMSettingConnection *setting);

Returns the value contained in the “mud-url” property.

Parameters

setting

the NMSettingConnection

 

Since: 1.26

Types and Values

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SETTING_NAME

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SETTING_NAME "connection"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY_MIN

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY_MIN     -999

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY_MAX

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY_MAX     999

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT 0

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_ID

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_ID                   "id"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_UUID

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_UUID                 "uuid"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_STABLE_ID

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_STABLE_ID            "stable-id"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_INTERFACE_NAME

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_INTERFACE_NAME       "interface-name"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_TYPE

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_TYPE                 "type"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT          "autoconnect"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY "autoconnect-priority"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_RETRIES

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_RETRIES  "autoconnect-retries"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MULTI_CONNECT

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MULTI_CONNECT        "multi-connect"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_TIMESTAMP

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_TIMESTAMP            "timestamp"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_READ_ONLY

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_READ_ONLY            "read-only"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_PERMISSIONS

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_PERMISSIONS          "permissions"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_ZONE

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_ZONE                 "zone"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MASTER

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MASTER               "master"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SLAVE_TYPE

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SLAVE_TYPE           "slave-type"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES   "autoconnect-slaves"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SECONDARIES

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SECONDARIES          "secondaries"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_GATEWAY_PING_TIMEOUT "gateway-ping-timeout"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_METERED

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_METERED              "metered"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLDP

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLDP                 "lldp"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTH_RETRIES

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTH_RETRIES         "auth-retries"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MDNS

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MDNS                 "mdns"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLMNR

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLMNR                "llmnr"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_WAIT_DEVICE_TIMEOUT  "wait-device-timeout"

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MUD_URL

#define NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MUD_URL              "mud-url"

enum NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves

NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves values indicate whether slave connections should be activated when master is activated.

Members

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES_DEFAULT

default value

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES_NO

slaves are not brought up when master is activated

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES_YES

slaves are brought up when master is activated

 

enum NMSettingConnectionLldp

NMSettingConnectionLldp values indicate whether LLDP should be enabled.

Members

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLDP_DEFAULT

default value

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLDP_DISABLE

disable LLDP

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLDP_ENABLE_RX

enable reception of LLDP frames

 

enum NMSettingConnectionMdns

NMSettingConnectionMdns values indicate whether mDNS should be enabled.

Members

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MDNS_DEFAULT

default value

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MDNS_NO

disable mDNS

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MDNS_RESOLVE

support only resolving, do not register hostname

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_MDNS_YES

enable mDNS

 

Since: 1.12


enum NMSettingConnectionLlmnr

NMSettingConnectionLlmnr values indicate whether LLMNR should be enabled.

Members

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLMNR_DEFAULT

default value

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLMNR_NO

disable LLMNR

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLMNR_RESOLVE

support only resolving, do not register hostname

 

NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_LLMNR_YES

enable LLMNR

 

Since: 1.14


NMSettingConnection

typedef struct _NMSettingConnection NMSettingConnection;

General Connection Profile Settings

Property Details

The “auth-retries” property

  “auth-retries”             int

The number of retries for the authentication. Zero means to try indefinitely; -1 means to use a global default. If the global default is not set, the authentication retries for 3 times before failing the connection.

Currently, this only applies to 802-1x authentication.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 1.10


The “autoconnect” property

  “autoconnect”              gboolean

Whether or not the connection should be automatically connected by NetworkManager when the resources for the connection are available. TRUE to automatically activate the connection, FALSE to require manual intervention to activate the connection.

Note that autoconnect is not implemented for VPN profiles. See “secondaries” as an alternative to automatically connect VPN profiles.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE


The “autoconnect-priority” property

  “autoconnect-priority”     int

The autoconnect priority. If the connection is set to autoconnect, connections with higher priority will be preferred. Defaults to 0. The higher number means higher priority.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [-999,999]

Default value: 0


The “autoconnect-retries” property

  “autoconnect-retries”      int

The number of times a connection should be tried when autoactivating before giving up. Zero means forever, -1 means the global default (4 times if not overridden). Setting this to 1 means to try activation only once before blocking autoconnect. Note that after a timeout, NetworkManager will try to autoconnect again.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1


The “autoconnect-slaves” property

  “autoconnect-slaves”       NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves

Whether or not slaves of this connection should be automatically brought up when NetworkManager activates this connection. This only has a real effect for master connections. The properties “autoconnect”, “autoconnect-priority” and “autoconnect-retries” are unrelated to this setting. The permitted values are: 0: leave slave connections untouched, 1: activate all the slave connections with this connection, -1: default. If -1 (default) is set, global connection.autoconnect-slaves is read to determine the real value. If it is default as well, this fallbacks to 0.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES_DEFAULT

Since: 1.2


The “gateway-ping-timeout” property

  “gateway-ping-timeout”     guint

If greater than zero, delay success of IP addressing until either the timeout is reached, or an IP gateway replies to a ping.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: <= 600

Default value: 0


The “id” property

  “id”                       char *

A human readable unique identifier for the connection, like "Work Wi-Fi" or "T-Mobile 3G".

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “interface-name” property

  “interface-name”           char *

The name of the network interface this connection is bound to. If not set, then the connection can be attached to any interface of the appropriate type (subject to restrictions imposed by other settings).

For software devices this specifies the name of the created device.

For connection types where interface names cannot easily be made persistent (e.g. mobile broadband or USB Ethernet), this property should not be used. Setting this property restricts the interfaces a connection can be used with, and if interface names change or are reordered the connection may be applied to the wrong interface.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “lldp” property

  “lldp”                     int

Whether LLDP is enabled for the connection.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: -1

Since: 1.2


The “llmnr” property

  “llmnr”                    int

Whether Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) is enabled for the connection. LLMNR is a protocol based on the Domain Name System (DNS) packet format that allows both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts to perform name resolution for hosts on the same local link.

The permitted values are: "yes" (2) register hostname and resolving for the connection, "no" (0) disable LLMNR for the interface, "resolve" (1) do not register hostname but allow resolving of LLMNR host names If unspecified, "default" ultimately depends on the DNS plugin (which for systemd-resolved currently means "yes").

This feature requires a plugin which supports LLMNR. Otherwise, the setting has no effect. One such plugin is dns-systemd-resolved.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: -1

Since: 1.14


The “master” property

  “master”                   char *

Interface name of the master device or UUID of the master connection.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “mdns” property

  “mdns”                     int

Whether mDNS is enabled for the connection.

The permitted values are: "yes" (2) register hostname and resolving for the connection, "no" (0) disable mDNS for the interface, "resolve" (1) do not register hostname but allow resolving of mDNS host names and "default" (-1) to allow lookup of a global default in NetworkManager.conf. If unspecified, "default" ultimately depends on the DNS plugin (which for systemd-resolved currently means "no").

This feature requires a plugin which supports mDNS. Otherwise, the setting has no effect. One such plugin is dns-systemd-resolved.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: -1

Since: 1.12


The “metered” property

  “metered”                  NMMetered

Whether the connection is metered.

When updating this property on a currently activated connection, the change takes effect immediately.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NM_METERED_UNKNOWN

Since: 1.2


The “mud-url” property

  “mud-url”                  char *

If configured, set to a Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) URL that points to manufacturer-recommended network policies for IoT devices. It is transmitted as a DHCPv4 or DHCPv6 option. The value must be a valid URL starting with "https://".

The special value "none" is allowed to indicate that no MUD URL is used.

If the per-profile value is unspecified (the default), a global connection default gets consulted. If still unspecified, the ultimate default is "none".

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 1.26


The “multi-connect” property

  “multi-connect”            int

Specifies whether the profile can be active multiple times at a particular moment. The value is of type NMConnectionMultiConnect.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: 0

Since: 1.14


The “permissions” property

  “permissions”              GStrv

An array of strings defining what access a given user has to this connection. If this is NULL or empty, all users are allowed to access this connection; otherwise users are allowed if and only if they are in this list. When this is not empty, the connection can be active only when one of the specified users is logged into an active session. Each entry is of the form "[type]:[id]:[reserved]"; for example, "user:dcbw:blah".

At this time only the "user" [type] is allowed. Any other values are ignored and reserved for future use. [id] is the username that this permission refers to, which may not contain the ":" character. Any [reserved] information present must be ignored and is reserved for future use. All of [type], [id], and [reserved] must be valid UTF-8.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write


The “read-only” property

  “read-only”                gboolean

FALSE if the connection can be modified using the provided settings service's D-Bus interface with the right privileges, or TRUE if the connection is read-only and cannot be modified.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE


The “secondaries” property

  “secondaries”              GStrv

List of connection UUIDs that should be activated when the base connection itself is activated. Currently, only VPN connections are supported.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write


The “slave-type” property

  “slave-type”               char *

Setting name of the device type of this slave's master connection (eg, NM_SETTING_BOND_SETTING_NAME), or NULL if this connection is not a slave.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “stable-id” property

  “stable-id”                char *

This represents the identity of the connection used for various purposes. It allows to configure multiple profiles to share the identity. Also, the stable-id can contain placeholders that are substituted dynamically and deterministically depending on the context.

The stable-id is used for generating IPv6 stable private addresses with ipv6.addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy. It is also used to seed the generated cloned MAC address for ethernet.cloned-mac-address=stable and wifi.cloned-mac-address=stable. It is also used as DHCP client identifier with ipv4.dhcp-client-id=stable and to derive the DHCP DUID with ipv6.dhcp-duid=stable-[llt,ll,uuid].

Note that depending on the context where it is used, other parameters are also seeded into the generation algorithm. For example, a per-host key is commonly also included, so that different systems end up generating different IDs. Or with ipv6.addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy, also the device's name is included, so that different interfaces yield different addresses. The per-host key is the identity of your machine and stored in /var/lib/NetworkManager/secret-key.

The '$' character is treated special to perform dynamic substitutions at runtime. Currently, supported are "${CONNECTION}", "${DEVICE}", "${MAC}", "${BOOT}", "${RANDOM}". These effectively create unique IDs per-connection, per-device, per-boot, or every time. Note that "${DEVICE}" corresponds to the interface name of the device and "${MAC}" is the permanent MAC address of the device. Any unrecognized patterns following '$' are treated verbatim, however are reserved for future use. You are thus advised to avoid '$' or escape it as "$$". For example, set it to "${CONNECTION}-${BOOT}-${DEVICE}" to create a unique id for this connection that changes with every reboot and differs depending on the interface where the profile activates.

If the value is unset, a global connection default is consulted. If the value is still unset, the default is similar to "${CONNECTION}" and uses a unique, fixed ID for the connection.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 1.4


The “timestamp” property

  “timestamp”                guint64

The time, in seconds since the Unix Epoch, that the connection was last _successfully_ fully activated.

NetworkManager updates the connection timestamp periodically when the connection is active to ensure that an active connection has the latest timestamp. The property is only meant for reading (changes to this property will not be preserved).

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: 0


The “type” property

  “type”                     char *

Base type of the connection. For hardware-dependent connections, should contain the setting name of the hardware-type specific setting (ie, "802-3-ethernet" or "802-11-wireless" or "bluetooth", etc), and for non-hardware dependent connections like VPN or otherwise, should contain the setting name of that setting type (ie, "vpn" or "bridge", etc).

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “uuid” property

  “uuid”                     char *

A universally unique identifier for the connection, for example generated with libuuid. It should be assigned when the connection is created, and never changed as long as the connection still applies to the same network. For example, it should not be changed when the “id” property or NMSettingIP4Config changes, but might need to be re-created when the Wi-Fi SSID, mobile broadband network provider, or “type” property changes.

The UUID must be in the format "2815492f-7e56-435e-b2e9-246bd7cdc664" (ie, contains only hexadecimal characters and "-"). A suitable UUID may be generated by nm_utils_uuid_generate() or nm_utils_uuid_generate_from_string().

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “wait-device-timeout” property

  “wait-device-timeout”      int

Timeout in milliseconds to wait for device at startup. During boot, devices may take a while to be detected by the driver. This property will cause to delay NetworkManager-wait-online.service and nm-online to give the device a chance to appear. This works by waiting for the given timeout until a compatible device for the profile is available and managed.

The value 0 means no wait time. The default value is -1, which currently has the same meaning as no wait time.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 1.20


The “zone” property

  “zone”                     char *

The trust level of a the connection. Free form case-insensitive string (for example "Home", "Work", "Public"). NULL or unspecified zone means the connection will be placed in the default zone as defined by the firewall.

When updating this property on a currently activated connection, the change takes effect immediately.

Owner: NMSettingConnection

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL