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4 version="5.0"
5 xml:id="sec-networkmanager">
6
7<title>NetworkManager</title>
8
9<para>To facilitate network configuration, some desktop environments
10use NetworkManager. You can enable NetworkManager by setting:
11
12<programlisting>
13networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
14</programlisting>
15
16some desktop managers (e.g., GNOME) enable NetworkManager
17automatically for you.</para>
18
19<para>All users that should have permission to change network settings must
20belong to the <code>networkmanager</code> group:
21
22<programlisting>
23users.extraUsers.youruser.extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" ];
24</programlisting>
25</para>
26
27<para>NetworkManager is controlled using either <command>nmcli</command> or
28<command>nmtui</command> (curses-based terminal user interface). See their
29manual pages for details on their usage. Some desktop environments (GNOME, KDE)
30have their own configuration tools for NetworkManager. On XFCE, there is no
31configuration tool for NetworkManager by default: by adding
32<code>networkmanagerapplet</code> to the list of system packages, the graphical
33applet will be installed and will launch automatically when XFCE is starting
34(and will show in the status tray).</para>
35
36<note><para><code>networking.networkmanager</code> and
37<code>networking.wireless</code> (WPA Supplicant) cannot be enabled at the same
38time: you can still connect to the wireless networks using
39NetworkManager.</para></note>
40
41</section>