NM-CONNECTION-EDITOR(1)

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version 1.36.0 · 5 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, centos-stream 10, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NM-CONNECTION-EDITOR 💖

okay so bestie, this is the network connection editor for NetworkManager, and it's a whole mood ✨ — it's part of the network-manager-applet situation, and it's literally here to let you add, remove and tweak your network connections without touching a terminal config file like some kind of medieval peasant 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

nm-connection-editor [ OPTIONS ]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

nm-connection-editor is a GTK-based app — yes, actual buttons, actual windows, actual main character energy 👑 — and its whole job is to add, remove, and modify the network connections that NetworkManager is holding onto for you.

it can:

  • add network connections 🍓
  • remove network connections 💅
  • modify network connections 🦋
🚨 real talk though: NetworkManager must be running for any of this to work. like, any network connections being added, removed, or modified? nope, not happening, not even a little. it's giving "the app is open but nothing is loading" energy and that's on that. 💀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -t, --type=<type> — picks the type of connection you wanna create or show. the values here are NetworkManager setting names, eg "802-3-ethernet", "802-11-wireless", "bridge", "bond", "infiniband", "vlan", etc. — so yes, type the whole setting-name string, quotes and all, that's the vibe ✨ important: this option does nothing if you don't also give --create or --show. it's a supporting actor, not the lead 😭
  • -s, --show — expands or collapses the network list so the network connection type you gave with --type gets highlighted. lowkey it's just pointing a spotlight at your fave 🎀
  • -c, --create — makes a brand new connection of the type given by --type, then hands the wheel to you so you can modify the connection details yourself. build-a-bear but for network connections 🧚
  • -e, --edit=<uuid> — opens the network connection edit window for the connection with that specific uuid. got a uuid? you're in. not a uuid? bestie, that's not it 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

iykyk, go read those too 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil masterpiece shipped as part of network-manager-applet 1.36.0 🌈 — slay, ate, no cap, periodt 💅✨🦋💖

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