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| -rw-r--r-- | man/NetworkManager.conf.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml index d8fce34d6e..1a23498322 100644 --- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml +++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml @@ -497,17 +497,24 @@ no-auto-default=* <term><varname>iwd-config-path</varname></term> <listitem> <para> - If the value points to an existing directory, Network - Manager will attempt to write copies of new or modified - Wi-Fi connection profiles, converted into the IWD - format, into this directory thus making IWD connection - properties editable. This will only happen if the IWD - backend is active meaning that at least one Wi-Fi device - must exist. + If the value is "auto" (the default), IWD is queried for its + current state directory when it appears on D-Bus -- the + directory where IWD keeps its network configuration files -- + usually /var/lib/iwd. NetworkManager will then attempt to + write copies of new or modified Wi-Fi connection profiles, + converted into the IWD format, into this directory thus making + IWD connection properties editable. NM will overwrite existing + files without preserving their contents. </para> <para> - This allows editing connection profile settings such as - the 802.1x configuration using Network Manager clients. + The path can also be overriden by pointing to a specific + existing and writable directory. On the other hand setting + this to an empty string or any other value disables the + profile conversion mechanism. + </para> + <para> + This mechanism allows editing connection profile settings such + as the 802.1x configuration using NetworkManager clients. Without it such changes have no effect in IWD. </para> </listitem> |