Hard-coded uuid and headless pi configuration of Network Manager

[Guy Sheffer]

Thanks for your replies.

Indeed what Íñigo Huguet suggested also works. Not providing a uuid
generates one.
They seem to be generated in files in the folder /var/lib/NetworkManager/
ending with .leases .

(reposted since I could not see it in the archive)

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:06 AM Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet at redhat.com> wrote:

> Another option is not to specify an UUID in the nmconnection file. One
> will be autogenerated.
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 5:48 PM Guy Sheffer <guysoft at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all
> > I am the creator of CustomPiOS, that lets you build raspberry pi
> distributions. Mostly known for OctoPi.
> > Can anyone tell me if the uuid for each network manager connection needs
> to be randomized? Or is it just a uuid and I can set it to something
> constant in a distribution?
> >
> > We have  file in the /boot partition that users can modify with a text
> editor to set up NetworkManager connections from a different machine:
> >
> https://github.com/guysoft/CustomPiOS/pull/227/files#diff-161b922fc6d723f8927a6291fb51dabad82beb0b6d452dcfa80db0e138b25f32
> >
> >
> > This is the full PR (to myself):
> > https://github.com/guysoft/CustomPiOS/pull/227
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Guy Sheffer
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Íñigo Huguet
>
>
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