Hi,
On Sat, 2022-05-14 at 07:38 +0300, Andrei Borzenkov via networkmanager- list wrote: > > > > > > The background is a security requirement. Unused interfaces must > > ideally remain disabled at the physical layer when a cable is > > plugged > > in. Ideally, the LEDs would also remain dark. > > > > It sounds like > > no-auto-default=* > > mostly does what you want. that option merely disables that NetworkManager will automatically generate a profile for ethernet devices, that don't have a profile yet. Such profiles are called "Wired connection 1", which is how you can recognize it. This does very little magic, you can manually create a profile to the same effect. In any case, NetworkManager would have already set the interface IFF_UP at this point -- regardless of "(no-)auto-default". Thomas _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list