NMSetting

NMSetting — Describes related configuration information

Properties

char * name Read

Object Hierarchy

    GEnum
    ├── NMSettingCompareFlags
    ├── NMSettingDiffResult
    ╰── NMSettingMacRandomization
    GFlags
    ╰── NMSettingSecretFlags
    GObject
    ╰── NMSetting
        ├── NMSetting6Lowpan
        ├── NMSetting8021x
        ├── NMSettingAdsl
        ├── NMSettingBluetooth
        ├── NMSettingBond
        ├── NMSettingBridge
        ├── NMSettingBridgePort
        ├── NMSettingCdma
        ├── NMSettingConnection
        ├── NMSettingDcb
        ├── NMSettingDummy
        ├── NMSettingEthtool
        ├── NMSettingGeneric
        ├── NMSettingGsm
        ├── NMSettingHostname
        ├── NMSettingInfiniband
        ├── NMSettingIPConfig
        ├── NMSettingIPTunnel
        ├── NMSettingMacsec
        ├── NMSettingMacvlan
        ├── NMSettingMatch
        ├── NMSettingOlpcMesh
        ├── NMSettingOvsBridge
        ├── NMSettingOvsDpdk
        ├── NMSettingOvsExternalIDs
        ├── NMSettingOvsInterface
        ├── NMSettingOvsPatch
        ├── NMSettingOvsPort
        ├── NMSettingPpp
        ├── NMSettingPppoe
        ├── NMSettingProxy
        ├── NMSettingSerial
        ├── NMSettingSriov
        ├── NMSettingTCConfig
        ├── NMSettingTeam
        ├── NMSettingTeamPort
        ├── NMSettingTun
        ├── NMSettingUser
        ├── NMSettingVeth
        ├── NMSettingVlan
        ├── NMSettingVpn
        ├── NMSettingVrf
        ├── NMSettingVxlan
        ├── NMSettingWifiP2P
        ├── NMSettingWimax
        ├── NMSettingWired
        ├── NMSettingWireGuard
        ├── NMSettingWireless
        ├── NMSettingWirelessSecurity
        ╰── NMSettingWpan

Description

Each NMSetting contains properties that describe configuration that applies to a specific network layer (like IPv4 or IPv6 configuration) or device type (like Ethernet, or Wi-Fi). A collection of individual settings together make up an NMConnection. Each property is strongly typed and usually has a number of allowed values. See each NMSetting subclass for a description of properties and allowed values.

Functions

NMSettingClearSecretsWithFlagsFn ()

gboolean
(*NMSettingClearSecretsWithFlagsFn) (NMSetting *setting,
                                     const char *secret,
                                     NMSettingSecretFlags flags,
                                     gpointer user_data);

Parameters

setting

The setting for which secrets are being iterated

 

secret

The secret's name

 

flags

The secret's flags, eg NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_AGENT_OWNED

 

user_data

User data passed to nm_connection_clear_secrets_with_flags()

 

Returns

TRUE to clear the secret, FALSE to not clear the secret


NMSettingValueIterFn ()

void
(*NMSettingValueIterFn) (NMSetting *setting,
                         const char *key,
                         const GValue *value,
                         GParamFlags flags,
                         gpointer user_data);

Parameters

setting

The setting for which properties are being iterated, given to nm_setting_enumerate_values()

 

key

The value/property name

 

value

The property's value

 

flags

The property's flags, like NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET

 

user_data

User data passed to nm_setting_enumerate_values()

 

_NMConnectionForEachSecretFunc ()

gboolean
(*_NMConnectionForEachSecretFunc) (NMSettingSecretFlags flags,
                                   gpointer user_data);

nm_setting_lookup_type ()

GType
nm_setting_lookup_type (const char *name);

Returns the GType of the setting's class for a given setting name.

Parameters

name

a setting name

 

Returns

the GType of the setting's class, or G_TYPE_INVALID if name is not recognized.


nm_setting_duplicate ()

NMSetting *
nm_setting_duplicate (NMSetting *setting);

Duplicates a NMSetting.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting to duplicate

 

Returns

a new NMSetting containing the same properties and values as the source NMSetting.

[transfer full]


nm_setting_get_name ()

const char *
nm_setting_get_name (NMSetting *setting);

Returns the type name of the NMSetting object

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

Returns

a string containing the type name of the NMSetting object, like 'ppp' or 'wireless' or 'wired'.


nm_setting_verify ()

gboolean
nm_setting_verify (NMSetting *setting,
                   NMConnection *connection,
                   GError **error);

Validates the setting. Each setting's properties have allowed values, and some are dependent on other values (hence the need for connection ). The returned GError contains information about which property of the setting failed validation, and in what way that property failed validation.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting to verify

 

connection

the NMConnection that setting came from, or NULL if setting is being verified in isolation.

[allow-none]

error

location to store error, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the setting is valid, FALSE if it is not


nm_setting_verify_secrets ()

gboolean
nm_setting_verify_secrets (NMSetting *setting,
                           NMConnection *connection,
                           GError **error);

Verifies the secrets in the setting. The returned GError contains information about which secret of the setting failed validation, and in what way that secret failed validation. The secret validation is done separately from main setting validation, because in some cases connection failure is not desired just for the secrets.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting to verify secrets in

 

connection

the NMConnection that setting came from, or NULL if setting is being verified in isolation.

[allow-none]

error

location to store error, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the setting secrets are valid, FALSE if they are not

Since: 1.2


nm_setting_compare ()

gboolean
nm_setting_compare (NMSetting *a,
                    NMSetting *b,
                    NMSettingCompareFlags flags);

Compares two NMSetting objects for similarity, with comparison behavior modified by a set of flags. See the documentation for NMSettingCompareFlags for a description of each flag's behavior.

Parameters

a

a NMSetting

 

b

a second NMSetting to compare with the first

 

flags

compare flags, e.g. NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_EXACT

 

Returns

TRUE if the comparison succeeds, FALSE if it does not


nm_setting_diff ()

gboolean
nm_setting_diff (NMSetting *a,
                 NMSetting *b,
                 NMSettingCompareFlags flags,
                 gboolean invert_results,
                 GHashTable **results);

Compares two NMSetting objects for similarity, with comparison behavior modified by a set of flags. See the documentation for NMSettingCompareFlags for a description of each flag's behavior. If the settings differ, the keys of each setting that differ from the other are added to results , mapped to one or more NMSettingDiffResult values.

Parameters

a

a NMSetting

 

b

a second NMSetting to compare with the first

 

flags

compare flags, e.g. NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_EXACT

 

invert_results

this parameter is used internally by libnm and should be set to FALSE. If TRUE inverts the meaning of the NMSettingDiffResult.

 

results

if the settings differ, on return a hash table mapping the differing keys to one or more NMSettingDiffResult values OR-ed together. If the settings do not differ, any hash table passed in is unmodified. If no hash table is passed in and the settings differ, a new one is created and returned.

[inout][transfer full][element-type utf8 guint32]

Returns

TRUE if the settings contain the same values, FALSE if they do not


nm_setting_enumerate_values ()

void
nm_setting_enumerate_values (NMSetting *setting,
                             NMSettingValueIterFn func,
                             gpointer user_data);

Iterates over each property of the NMSetting object, calling the supplied user function for each property.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

func

user-supplied function called for each property of the setting.

[scope call]

user_data

user data passed to func at each invocation

 

nm_setting_to_string ()

char *
nm_setting_to_string (NMSetting *setting);

Convert the setting (including secrets!) into a string. For debugging purposes ONLY, should NOT be used for serialization of the setting, or machine-parsed in any way. The output format is not guaranteed to be stable and may change at any time.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

Returns

an allocated string containing a textual representation of the setting's properties and values, which the caller should free with g_free()


nm_setting_get_secret_flags ()

gboolean
nm_setting_get_secret_flags (NMSetting *setting,
                             const char *secret_name,
                             NMSettingSecretFlags *out_flags,
                             GError **error);

For a given secret, retrieves the NMSettingSecretFlags describing how to handle that secret.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

secret_name

the secret key name to get flags for

 

out_flags

on success, the NMSettingSecretFlags for the secret

 

error

location to store error, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on success (if the given secret name was a valid property of this setting, and if that property is secret), FALSE if not


nm_setting_set_secret_flags ()

gboolean
nm_setting_set_secret_flags (NMSetting *setting,
                             const char *secret_name,
                             NMSettingSecretFlags flags,
                             GError **error);

For a given secret, stores the NMSettingSecretFlags describing how to handle that secret.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

secret_name

the secret key name to set flags for

 

flags

the NMSettingSecretFlags for the secret

 

error

location to store error, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on success (if the given secret name was a valid property of this setting, and if that property is secret), FALSE if not


nm_setting_option_get ()

GVariant *
nm_setting_option_get (NMSetting *setting,
                       const char *opt_name);

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

opt_name

the option name to request.

 

Returns

the GVariant or NULL if the option is not set.

[transfer none]

Since: 1.26.


nm_setting_option_get_boolean ()

gboolean
nm_setting_option_get_boolean (NMSetting *setting,
                               const char *opt_name,
                               gboolean *out_value);

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

opt_name

the option to get

 

out_value

the optional output value. If the option is unset, FALSE will be returned.

[allow-none][out]

Returns

TRUE if opt_name is set to a boolean variant.

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_option_get_uint32 ()

gboolean
nm_setting_option_get_uint32 (NMSetting *setting,
                              const char *opt_name,
                              guint32 *out_value);

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

opt_name

the option to get

 

out_value

the optional output value. If the option is unset, 0 will be returned.

[allow-none][out]

Returns

TRUE if opt_name is set to a uint32 variant.

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_option_set ()

void
nm_setting_option_set (NMSetting *setting,
                       const char *opt_name,
                       GVariant *variant);

If variant is NULL, this clears the option if it is set. Otherwise, variant is set as the option. If variant is a floating reference, it will be consumed.

Note that not all setting types support options. It is a bug setting a variant to a setting that doesn't support it. Currently, only NMSettingEthtool supports it.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

opt_name

the option name to set

 

variant

the variant to set.

[allow-none]

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_option_set_uint32 ()

void
nm_setting_option_set_uint32 (NMSetting *setting,
                              const char *opt_name,
                              guint32 value);

Like nm_setting_option_set() to set a uint32 GVariant.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

value

the value to set.

 

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_option_set_boolean ()

void
nm_setting_option_set_boolean (NMSetting *setting,
                               const char *opt_name,
                               gboolean value);

Like nm_setting_option_set() to set a boolean GVariant.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

value

the value to set.

 

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_option_get_all_names ()

const char *const *
nm_setting_option_get_all_names (NMSetting *setting,
                                 guint *out_len);

Gives the name of all set options.

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

out_len

.

[allow-none][out]

Returns

A NULL terminated array of key names. If no names are present, this returns NULL. The returned array and the names are owned by NMSetting and might be invalidated by the next operation.

[array length=out_len zero-terminated=1][transfer none]

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_option_clear_by_name ()

void
nm_setting_option_clear_by_name (NMSetting *setting,
                                 NMUtilsPredicateStr predicate);

Parameters

setting

the NMSetting

 

predicate

the predicate for which names should be clear. If the predicate returns TRUE for an option name, the option gets removed. If NULL, all options will be removed.

[allow-none][scope call]

Since: 1.26


nm_setting_get_dbus_property_type ()

const GVariantType *
nm_setting_get_dbus_property_type (NMSetting *setting,
                                   const char *property_name);

Gets the D-Bus marshalling type of a property. property_name is a D-Bus property name, which may not necessarily be a GObject property.

Parameters

setting

an NMSetting

 

property_name

the property of setting to get the type of

 

Returns

the D-Bus marshalling type of property on setting .

Types and Values

NM_SETTING_PARAM_REQUIRED

#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_REQUIRED (1 << (1 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))

NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET

#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_SECRET (1 << (2 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))

NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE

#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_FUZZY_IGNORE (1 << (3 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))

NM_SETTING_NAME

#define NM_SETTING_NAME "name"

enum NMSettingSecretFlags

These flags indicate specific behavior related to handling of a secret. Each secret has a corresponding set of these flags which indicate how the secret is to be stored and/or requested when it is needed.

Members

NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_NONE

the system is responsible for providing and storing this secret (default)

 

NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_AGENT_OWNED

a user secret agent is responsible for providing and storing this secret; when it is required agents will be asked to retrieve it

 

NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_NOT_SAVED

this secret should not be saved, but should be requested from the user each time it is needed

 

NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_NOT_REQUIRED

in situations where it cannot be automatically determined that the secret is required (some VPNs and PPP providers don't require all secrets) this flag indicates that the specific secret is not required

 

enum NMSettingCompareFlags

These flags modify the comparison behavior when comparing two settings or two connections.

Members

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_EXACT

match all properties exactly

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_FUZZY

match only important attributes, like SSID, type, security settings, etc. Does not match, for example, connection ID or UUID.

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_ID

ignore the connection's ID

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_SECRETS

ignore all secrets

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_AGENT_OWNED_SECRETS

ignore secrets for which the secret's flags indicate the secret is owned by a user secret agent (ie, the secret's flag includes NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_AGENT_OWNED )

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_NOT_SAVED_SECRETS

ignore secrets for which the secret's flags indicate the secret should not be saved to persistent storage (ie, the secret's flag includes NM_SETTING_SECRET_FLAG_NOT_SAVED )

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_WITH_DEFAULT

if this flag is set, nm_setting_diff() and nm_connection_diff() will also include properties that are set to their default value. See also NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_NO_DEFAULT .

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_NO_DEFAULT

if this flag is set, nm_setting_diff() and nm_connection_diff() will not include properties that are set to their default value. This is the opposite of NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_WITH_DEFAULT . If both flags are set together, NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_WITH_DEFAULT wins. If both flags are unset, this means to exclude default properties if there is a setting to compare, but include all properties, if the setting 'b' is missing. This is the legacy behaviour of libnm-util, where nm_setting_diff() behaved differently depending on whether the setting 'b' was available. If NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_WITH_DEFAULT is set, nm_setting_diff() will also set the flags NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_A_DEFAULT and NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_B_DEFAULT , if the values are default values.

 

NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_IGNORE_TIMESTAMP

ignore the connection's timestamp

 

enum NMSettingMacRandomization

Controls if and how the MAC address of a device is randomzied.

Members

NM_SETTING_MAC_RANDOMIZATION_DEFAULT

the default value, which unless overridden by user-controlled defaults configuration, is "never".

 

NM_SETTING_MAC_RANDOMIZATION_NEVER

the device's MAC address is always used.

 

NM_SETTING_MAC_RANDOMIZATION_ALWAYS

a random MAC address is used.

 

NMSetting

typedef struct _NMSetting NMSetting;

The NMSetting struct contains only private data. It should only be accessed through the functions described below.


enum NMSettingDiffResult

These values indicate the result of a setting difference operation.

Members

NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_UNKNOWN

unknown result

 

NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_A

the property is present in setting A

 

NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_B

the property is present in setting B

 

NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_A_DEFAULT

the property is present in setting A but is set to the default value. This flag is only set, if you specify NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_DIFF_RESULT_WITH_DEFAULT .

 

NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_B_DEFAULT

analog to NM_SETTING_DIFF_RESULT_IN_A_DEFAULT .

 

Property Details

The “name” property

  “name”                     char *

The setting's name, which uniquely identifies the setting within the connection. Each setting type has a name unique to that type, for example "ppp" or "802-11-wireless" or "802-3-ethernet".

Owner: NMSetting

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL