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 adding
<code>networkmanagerapplet</code> to the list of system packages, the
graphical applet will be installed and will launch automatically when XFCE is
starting (and will show in the status tray).
</para>
<note>
<para>
<code>networking.networkmanager</code> and <code>networking.wireless</code>
(WPA Supplicant) cannot be enabled at the same time: you can still connect
to the wireless networks using NetworkManager.
</para>
</note>
</section>