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diff --git a/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml b/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml index 4d5d15a1e5..203437b7cc 100644 --- a/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml +++ b/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml @@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ The Connection.Active object tracks the life-cycle of the connection attempt and if successful indicates whether the connected network is the "default" or preferred network for access. + NetworkManager has the concept of connections, which can be thought of as + settings, a profile or a configuration that can be applied on a networking + device. + Such settings-connections are exposed as D-Bus object and the active-connection + expresses this relationship between device and settings-connection. + At any time a settings-connection can only be activated on one device and vice + versa. However, during activation and deactivation multiple active-connections + can reference the same device or settings-connection as they are waiting to + be activated or to be deactivated. </tp:docstring> <property name="Connection" type="o" access="read"> |