depot/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/network-manager.xml
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="sec-networkmanager">
<title>NetworkManager</title>
<para>
To facilitate network configuration, some desktop environments use
NetworkManager. You can enable NetworkManager by setting:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-networking.networkmanager.enable"/> = true;
</programlisting>
some desktop managers (e.g., GNOME) enable NetworkManager automatically for
you.
</para>
<para>
All users that should have permission to change network settings must belong
to the <code>networkmanager</code> group:
<programlisting>
<link linkend="opt-users.users._name_.extraGroups">users.users.alice.extraGroups</link> = [ "networkmanager" ];
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
NetworkManager is controlled using either <command>nmcli</command> or
<command>nmtui</command> (curses-based terminal user interface). See their
manual pages for details on their usage. Some desktop environments (GNOME,
KDE) have their own configuration tools for NetworkManager. On XFCE, there is
no configuration tool for NetworkManager by default: by enabling <xref linkend="opt-programs.nm-applet.enable"/>, the
graphical applet will be installed and will launch automatically when the graphical session is started.
</para>
<note>
<para>
<code>networking.networkmanager</code> and <code>networking.wireless</code>
(WPA Supplicant) can be used together if desired. To do this you need to instruct
NetworkManager to ignore those interfaces like:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-networking.networkmanager.unmanaged"/> = [
"*" "except:type:wwan" "except:type:gsm"
];
</programlisting>
Refer to the option description for the exact syntax and references to external documentation.
</para>
</note>
</section>