[CentOS] /bin/nmcli and connection names

Wed Dec 16 22:47:20 UTC 2015
Earl A Ramirez <earlaramirez at gmail.com>

On 17 December 2015 at 06:06, Eugene Vilensky <evilensky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I haven't been to find this (NetworkManager) change documented.
>
> On:
>
> CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)
>
> $ /bin/nmcli con
> NAME   UUID                                  TYPE            DEVICE
> ens32  7629e52d-bd42-4cd5-a424-8c58e7e0bf37  802-3-ethernet  ens32
>
>
> On:
> CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)
>
> $ /bin/nmcli con
> NAME          UUID                                  TYPE            DEVICE
> System ens32  0c299aec-b628-4168-b3c7-5b00951f5eb8  802-3-ethernet  ens32
>
>
> The string  "System " is part of the NAME.
>
> What might be my options to understand upstream's reasoning for this change
> and any possible workaround?
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I don't see 'System' in any of the CentOS 7.2.1511 boxes or VMs that were
recently upgraded:

/bin/nmcli con
NAME          UUID                                  TYPE             DEVICE

virbr0        ccd9a252-0765-4e88-bb5d-bfc34eb278e3  bridge           virbr0

enp5s0        ccbafeb6-ce6c-4713-b1ac-2cd0705bf16e  802-3-ethernet   enp5s0

docker0       a4d7d1e6-0eb2-47d7-8c7e-b63cdc9d8f8d  bridge
docker0
virbr1-nic    9de87ba3-5c90-490a-b7f1-e273b0525fac  generic
 virbr1-nic
virbr1        0638f08b-b6c9-4e66-aee2-f64f2764ecf4  bridge           virbr1

virbr0-nic    b4b74c7e-1571-4a58-a1b4-0a72894e667a  generic
 virbr0-nic


cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core).


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Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez