Synopsis:
nmcli connection clone [--temporary] [id|uuid|path] <ID> <new name>
It copies the <ID> connection as <new name>. The command is very useful
if there is a connection, but another one is needed for a related
configuration. One can copy the existing profile and modify it for the
new situation.
For example:
$ nmcli con clone main-eth second-eth
$ nmcli con modify second-eth connection.interface-name em4
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757627
msgmerge complains with
"warning: internationalized messages should not contain the '\r' escape sequence"
Found by Anders Jonsson <anders.jonsson@norsjovallen.se>
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758102
$ nmcli dev wifi connect 00:22:6B:EB:1D:CA hidden yes
Warning: '00:22:6B:EB:1D:CA' should be SSID for hidden APs; but it looks like a BSSID.
Error: Failed to add/activate new connection: 802-11-wireless.ssid: connection does not match access point
The list of LLDP neighbors is available through the D-Bus interface
and libnm already provides functions to retrieve it; make the list
available through nmcli as well. Sample output:
$ nmcli device lldp
NEIGHBOR[0].DEVICE: eth0
NEIGHBOR[0].CHASSIS-ID: 00:13:21:58:CA:42
NEIGHBOR[0].PORT-ID: 1
NEIGHBOR[0].PORT-DESCRIPTION: 1
NEIGHBOR[0].SYSTEM-NAME: ProCurve Switch 2600-8-PWR
NEIGHBOR[0].SYSTEM-DESCRIPTION: ProCurve J8762A Switch 2600-8-PWR, revision H.08.89
NEIGHBOR[0].SYSTEM-CAPABILITIES: 20 (mac-bridge,router)
NEIGHBOR[1].DEVICE: eth2
NEIGHBOR[1].CHASSIS-ID: 00:01:30:F8:AD:A2
NEIGHBOR[1].PORT-ID: 1/1
NEIGHBOR[1].PORT-DESCRIPTION: Summit300-48-Port 1001
NEIGHBOR[1].SYSTEM-NAME: Summit300-48
NEIGHBOR[1].SYSTEM-DESCRIPTION: Summit300-48 - Version 7.4e.1 (Build 5)
NEIGHBOR[1].SYSTEM-CAPABILITIES: 20 (mac-bridge,router)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757307
It is useful to show nmcli-generated hotspot password (if a user does not
provide his own password). Without the option the user would have to look into
the generated profile in order to find out the password.
Example:
before:
$ nmcli c add type gsm con-nameX aaa ifname fsd
Error: 'ifname' argument is required.
now:
$ nmcli c add type gsm con-nameX aaa ifname fsd
Error: mandatory 'ifname' not seen before 'con-nameX'.
Add a new 'ignore' option to NMSettingWired.wake-on-lan which disables
management of wake-on-lan by NetworkManager (i.e. the pre-existing
option will not be touched). Also, change the default behavior to be
'ignore' instead of 'disabled'.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755182
When a VLAN connection was added with command:
nmcli c add type vlan ifname v10 id 10 dev 00:11:22:33:44:55
nmcli tried to assign a byte-array value to the ethernet.mac-address
string property, resulting in a invalid connection which failed to
verify. Fix this and set the value as plain string.
