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diff --git a/man/nmcli.1.in b/man/nmcli.1.in index 5afb802bc..44e9558ad 100644 --- a/man/nmcli.1.in +++ b/man/nmcli.1.in @@ -66,18 +66,16 @@ 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 possibly interfere with NetworkManager. +having to manage connections itself and possible interfere with NetworkManager. .IP \(em 4 -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. +Servers, headless machines: No GUI is available; then \fInmcli\fP is used to +talk directly to NetworkManager and control only system-wide connections. .IP \(em 4 -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. +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. .SS \fIOPTIONS\fP .TP .B \-t, \-\-terse @@ -205,12 +203,14 @@ Get information about NetworkManager's connections. .sp .RS .TP -.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'. +.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'. .br .nf \fBReference to D-Bus:\fP |