From a6a330581cf8726fd929a92a12ee64ad0051071e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ji=C5=99=C3=AD=20Klime=C5=A1?= Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:19:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: update nmcli man page description for 'connection down' --- man/nmcli.1.in | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/nmcli.1.in b/man/nmcli.1.in index f969ff7812..4f005ef297 100644 --- a/man/nmcli.1.in +++ b/man/nmcli.1.in @@ -358,7 +358,17 @@ arguments: according to arguments .TP .B down [ id | uuid | path | apath ] .br -Deactivate a connection. +Deactivate a connection from a device without preventing the device from +further auto-activation. +.sp +Be aware that this command only deactivates the specified connection, but +doesn't prevent the device, the connection was on, from performing +auto-activation. Thus, if the connection that was downed (or another +compatible connection) has autoconnect flag set, it will be automatically +started on the idling device again. +.br +In most cases you may want to use \fIdevice disconnect\fP command instead. +.sp The connection is identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. If is ambiguous, a keyword \fIid\fP, \fIuuid\fP, \fIpath\fP or \fIapath\fP can be used.