Outdated documentation about NetworkManager keyfiles

Bug #2019939 reported by Lukas Märdian
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
debian-handbook (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Heather Ellsworth
dhcpcanon (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
fai (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
gnome-user-docs (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
network-manager (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
network-manager-l2tp (Ubuntu)
Fix Committed
Undecided
Douglas Kosovic
scap-security-guide (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
wifi-qr (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

The affected packages contain documentation or examples about NetworkManager keyfiles, which might not be appropriate anymore on Ubuntu, since the Netplan integration was enabled in NetworkManager (starting with Mantic), migrating any keyfile configuration from /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*[.nmconnection] to /etc/netplan/90-NM-*.yaml

See Netplan's documentation for how connections are handled:
https://netplan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/netplan-everywhere/

PS: Packages were queried using:
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%2Fsystem-connections&literal=1&perpkg=1

Lukas Märdian (slyon)
description: updated
summary: - Netplan Everywhere: Outdated documentation about NetworkManager keyfiles
+ Outdated documentation about NetworkManager keyfiles
Lukas Märdian (slyon)
tags: added: rls-mm-incoming
Changed in debian-handbook (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Heather Ellsworth (hellsworth)
Changed in debian-handbook (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

@Lukas: As regards gnome-user-docs, that set of documentation is GUI oriented, and avoids instructions involving terminal commands and manual editing of configuration files.

From a quick look at the related pages:

https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/net.html

I couldn't find any occurrences where the user is directly exposed to the config files. Did you see any such examples, or did you just assume that gnome-user-docs is an affected package?

Changed in gnome-user-docs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in debian-handbook (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
Changed in gnome-user-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in dhcpcanon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Douglas Kosovic (dkosovic) wrote :

Documentation involving /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ has been removed from NetworkManager-l2tp's README.md file in its github repository.

Changed in network-manager-l2tp (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Douglas Kosovic (dkosovic)
status: New → Fix Committed
Tim Holmes-Mitra (timhm)
tags: added: rls-mm-notfixing
removed: rls-mm-incoming
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