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diff --git a/man/nmcli.1.in b/man/nmcli.1.in index 056b5bdd40..c0035eb1fc 100644 --- a/man/nmcli.1.in +++ b/man/nmcli.1.in @@ -66,16 +66,18 @@ power users who prefer the command line. The use cases comprise: .IP \(em 4 Initscripts: ifup/ifdown can utilize NetworkManager via \fInmcli\fP instead of -having to manage connections itself and possible interfere with NetworkManager. +having to manage connections itself and possibly interfere with NetworkManager. .IP \(em 4 -Servers, headless machines: No GUI is available; then \fInmcli\fP is used to -talk directly to NetworkManager and control only system-wide connections. +Servers, headless machines: No GUI is available; then \fInmcli\fP can be used +to activate/deactivate connections. However, if a connection requires a secret +to activate and if that secret is not stored at the system level, \fInmcli\fP +will not be able to activate it; it is currently unable to supply the needed +secrets to NetworkManager. .IP \(em 4 -User sessions: For this case, \fInmcli\fP can talk to \fInm-applet\fP to find -user connections. It can still talk directly to NetworkManager for manipulating -these connections. As \fInmcli\fP doesn't have direct access to user -configuration data in GConf, \fInm-applet\fP handles that itself. That may, -for example, cause the applet to pop up keyring dialogs when secrets are needed. +User sessions: \fInmcli\fP can be used activate/deactivate connections from the +command line, but a full NetworkManager client (like \fInm-applet\fP) is used +for supplying secrets not stored at the system level. Keyring dialogs and +password prompts may appear if this happens. .SS \fIOPTIONS\fP .TP .B \-t, \-\-terse @@ -200,14 +202,12 @@ Get information about NetworkManager's connections. .sp .RS .TP -.B list [id <id> | uuid <id> | system | user] -.br -List configured connections. Without a parameter, configured connection from -both system and user settings services are listed. \fIsystem\fP argument filters -only system-wide connections, \fIuser\fP prints user connections only. -In order to get connection details, \fIid\fP with connection's name or \fIuuid\fP -with connection's UUID shall be specified. -When no command is given to \fIcon\fP object, the default action is 'nmcli con list'. +.B list [id <id> | uuid <id>] +.br +List configured connections. Without a parameter, all connections +are listed. In order to get connection details, \fIid\fP with connection's +name or \fIuuid\fP with connection's UUID shall be specified. When no command +is given to the \fIcon\fP object, the default action is 'nmcli con list'. .br .nf \fBReference to D-Bus:\fP |