14.4 Working with Connection Profiles

So far we have explored the use of connections without explaining how a connection is configured. The configuration of a connection is referred to as a connection profile and is stored in a file located in the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections directory, the contents of which might read as follows:

# ls /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

 zoneone.nmconnection zonetwo.nmconnection zonethree.nmconnection

Each of the files is an interface configuration file containing the connection profile for the corresponding connection.

Consider, for example, the contents of our hypothetical zoneone connection:

[connection]

id=zoneone

uuid=2842f180-1969-4dda-b473-6c641c25308d

type=wifi

permissions=

 

[wifi]

mac-address=C8:3A:35:CA:D5:17

mac-address-blacklist=

mode=infrastructure

ssid=zoneone

 

[wifi-security]

auth-alg=open

key-mgmt=wpa-psk

psk=MyPassword

 

[ipv4]

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