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| author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2022-03-11 09:06:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2022-03-11 09:27:33 +0100 |
| commit | 20060327d441e5cde4b8b168cbe41e66551888a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 88084c76d5bcbc69b09e5607266b3c4dc99f8068 | |
| parent | 63664719bee096a350b4633fd6ba20c8a0377155 (diff) | |
| download | NetworkManager-20060327d441e5cde4b8b168cbe41e66551888a7.tar.gz | |
libnm/docs: add reference to secret-key in description for stable-id
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-connection.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in | 2 |
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-connection.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-connection.c index 86ebefd734..4b7822b9b6 100644 --- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-connection.c +++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-connection.c @@ -1802,7 +1802,8 @@ nm_setting_connection_class_init(NMSettingConnectionClass *klass) * 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 per-host key is the identity of your machine and stored in /var/lib/NetworkManager/secret_key. + * See NetworkManager(8) manual about the secret-key and the host identity. * * The '$' character is treated special to perform dynamic substitutions * at runtime. Currently, supported are "${CONNECTION}", "${DEVICE}", "${MAC}", diff --git a/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in b/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in index 5ba6302d64..0c3d50ec85 100644 --- a/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in +++ b/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_READ_ONLY N_("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.") #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SECONDARIES N_("List of connection UUIDs that should be activated when the base connection itself is activated. Currently, only VPN connections are supported.") #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_SLAVE_TYPE N_("Setting name of the device type of this slave's master connection (eg, \"bond\"), or NULL if this connection is not a slave.") -#define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_STABLE_ID N_("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.") +#define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_STABLE_ID N_("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. See NetworkManager(8) manual about the secret-key and the host identity. 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.") #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_TIMESTAMP N_("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).") #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_TYPE N_("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).") #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_CONNECTION_UUID N_("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 \"-\").") diff --git a/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in b/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in index 1d32930567..3ea8628dfb 100644 --- a/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in +++ b/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ <property name="uuid" description="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 "-")." /> <property name="stable-id" - description="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." /> + description="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. See NetworkManager(8) manual about the secret-key and the host identity. 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." /> <property name="type" alias="type" description="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)." /> |