On Mon 07 Apr 2025 at 21:34:42 (+0200), coffeeforblood.pardon...@slmail.me wrote: > > > I am curious what nmcli subcommand reports when the cable is plugged in, > > but the connection has not activated manually. > > > Should I pursue the strange behavior of needing to have "Make available to > others users" enabled for the "Connect Automatically" setting to be > respected, in case there is a bug, or close this issue as solved? I'm happy > either way.
As someone who has never used NM, I can only guess that you're setting up User connections rather than System ones. If they /are/ system ones, they will be specified in system-connections/ under one of: /etc/NetworkManager/, /usr/lib/NetworkManager/, or /run/NetworkManager/ (least likely the second). Can you demonstrate that? (As they're cable connections, there should be no secrets in the files, unless you also have some wireless configurations involved; but do obfuscate any sensitive items.) AIUI making User connections is the way Windows and some desktop environments are designed to work by default. Cheers, David.
